First of all, I forgot to mention yesterday that we crossed the equator when we went from Malaysia to Bali! And here's a picture to prove it.
This morning, we had a guide, Nyoman, pick us up to do some touring around Bali. Apparently, Nyoman means third child, so their kids are named first child, second child, third child, fourth child, then it starts over again with 2 after the name. So if more than one person in a place with the same name, then they go to a 2nd name. Hmmm. Sounds complicated.
He took us first to a Barong Dance, which is done daily in different places somewhere in Bali. Essentially a fight between good and evil where no one wins, so it goes on.
This is the band.
And a photo of some of the characters.
This is a photo of Nyoman in front of a temple.
We then went to a silver shop where they make silver jewellery by hand. It was incredible. Joanne and I both bought necklaces. For what they do, the price is pretty cheap.
This is at Tegenungan waterfall.
When at the waterfall, Nyoman showed us a tree native to Bali they call the alligator tree. It's bark is spiky and sharp.
While driving along, we came across a post-cremation sacrifice ceremony at the side of the road.
Bali people practise Hinduism, while the rest of Indonesia is mainly Muslim. All was originally Hindu, but some kings turned Muslim, including the ones on the big islands of Sumatra and Java.
We then went to a wood carving shop. Again, what they do is incredible and it seems for so little.
It was lunch time. We went to Ibu Oka where they have world-famous suckling pig. Not a great thought, but the food was terrific. We sat in traditional Balinese style.
Here are more things people carry on their motorcycles.
You motorcycle people out there...if there's one here, there must be a million!
We went to another shop where they have paintings, but we weren't overly impressed with that. Our last stop was the monkey forest, just down the street from our hotel. Apparently there are 3 other ones on Bali as well. The macaques are all over the place here and you can walk among them...even feed them some bananas. I have to say I got a lot of pictures here, and movies. I love animals.
We went back to our hotel and relaxed by the pool for a while. Dan and Joanne had booked massages, so they did that (we received a free massage for each person as part of our hotel service). Today is Dan & Joanne's 45th wedding anniversary. Congratulations to them! We had a pre-dinner drink together, then we went off to town to Cafe Wayan for dinner. We were in a secluded section of the restaurant where this elephant was burning incense.
Dan & Joanne had dinner at our hotel in a secluded spot on the lawn. We stumbled across them while coming back from dinner.
We then had a dip in our plunge pool in our unit before retiring for the night. No pictures of that. Nice way to end the day.
This morning, we had a guide, Nyoman, pick us up to do some touring around Bali. Apparently, Nyoman means third child, so their kids are named first child, second child, third child, fourth child, then it starts over again with 2 after the name. So if more than one person in a place with the same name, then they go to a 2nd name. Hmmm. Sounds complicated.
He took us first to a Barong Dance, which is done daily in different places somewhere in Bali. Essentially a fight between good and evil where no one wins, so it goes on.
This is the band.
And a photo of some of the characters.
This is a photo of Nyoman in front of a temple.
We then went to a silver shop where they make silver jewellery by hand. It was incredible. Joanne and I both bought necklaces. For what they do, the price is pretty cheap.
This is at Tegenungan waterfall.
When at the waterfall, Nyoman showed us a tree native to Bali they call the alligator tree. It's bark is spiky and sharp.
While driving along, we came across a post-cremation sacrifice ceremony at the side of the road.
Bali people practise Hinduism, while the rest of Indonesia is mainly Muslim. All was originally Hindu, but some kings turned Muslim, including the ones on the big islands of Sumatra and Java.
We then went to a wood carving shop. Again, what they do is incredible and it seems for so little.
It was lunch time. We went to Ibu Oka where they have world-famous suckling pig. Not a great thought, but the food was terrific. We sat in traditional Balinese style.
Here are more things people carry on their motorcycles.
You motorcycle people out there...if there's one here, there must be a million!
We went to another shop where they have paintings, but we weren't overly impressed with that. Our last stop was the monkey forest, just down the street from our hotel. Apparently there are 3 other ones on Bali as well. The macaques are all over the place here and you can walk among them...even feed them some bananas. I have to say I got a lot of pictures here, and movies. I love animals.
Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil. And one just ignoring it all in the middle.
Dan & Joanne had dinner at our hotel in a secluded spot on the lawn. We stumbled across them while coming back from dinner.
We then had a dip in our plunge pool in our unit before retiring for the night. No pictures of that. Nice way to end the day.
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