Bali the Beautiful

Lotus Cafe. Great little place located right in front of Ubud Palace (Puri Saren Agung).  

Chicken Satay with peanut sauce. My favourite. 

Browsing.



Found on one of the many winding roads of Ubud.

Inside the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary.

Sacred pond in Monkey Forest.

View from cafe in Ubud.


Thankful for a break from the heat.

On July 12th we drove east from Ubud to Amed stopping at several temples on the way. Sarongs are mandatory for entering temples.  Here is our guide helping Ryan with his. According to our guide, a man's sarong is pleated in the front, and a woman's is pleated on the side. 

Goa Gajah Temple (also known as the 'Elephant Cave'). This temple was mentioned in a Javanese poem from 1365 entitled 'Desawarnana'.

Inside Goa Gojah there are several hollows lining the walls. Our guide said that people would sit in these hollows and meditate - sometimes for one or two years at a time. We were lucky enough to get there early, and we were able to spend some time inside the temple by ourselves. It was eerie but beautiful.

Impromptu dancing outside Goa Gojah temple. Notice the two "drummers" on the far left. 

Klungkung Palace 

 Former royal palace Tirta Gangga. Like a dream.

Fish in the ponds of Tirta Gangga.

Terraced rice paddies in the valleys just before reaching Amed.

These things that look like baskets are actually "chicken houses". If you look closely you can see that there are chickens inside. These chicken houses are everywhere on the island. Cock fighting is very popular in Bali (even though it's illegal).

View from our villa in Ubud.

Floating flower art. 

Egg delivery.