[Wild Irish Rogue]

” Also his trip to Pakistan before college.”

Or why Michelle and he made Bali, Indonesia their home for “ months “ in 1994.
So, he could find peace and quiet to finish Dreams.
( paragraph 20 )

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/us/politics/18memoirs.html?ei=5124&en=06380c5da09c3c80&ex=1368849600&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&pagewanted=all

The United States had no peaceful places for Obama, who was a nobody back then, to finish his book.
And he needed months, not weeks ,to do this.

[Albertafriend]

http://www.anthropology.hawaii.edu/News/Announcements/2008/dunham.html

Link includes pictures.

Ann Dunham was in Bali in the 1990’s. She may have been there when they went or provided contacts with some place to stay while they were there.