All around me was the greenest green I’d ever imagined, spilling over with flowers and vines and herbs in every direction.
Bali is the lushest place I’ve ever been, with plants on top of plants, and flowers and herbs everywhere.
It was a perfect day outside – sunny and not too hot.
My guide and new friend Westi was sitting with me in a kind of covered shelter with a big brown picnic table area after our tour of his incredible herb garden.
“You were telling me about holy basil…” I said. “… and you called it…”