Today is our last full day in Bali. It's overcast but the rain has taken a break. We hired our neighbor, Made, to drive us to a nearby volcano, Mount Batur. It last erupted in 1999. Along the way we made a few stops, at an artists' cooperative, a cave temple, a water temple, and a rice paddy.
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Pilgrims on line for purification
Fri 8 Mar 2019 11:53
Manukaya, Bali
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Tirta Empul, or the water temple, has a mountain-spring-fed bath.
The bath is used by pilgrims for purification.
The pilgrims calmly stand in long lines in the water waiting to dip their heads below each of the water spouts. Some bring offerings which they place adjacent to a spout.
After they bow under the water of the first spout they continue moving down the line to the rest of the spouts.
The spring is adjacent, you can walk over and see the water pushing up from under the ground.
Pilgrims on line for purification
Fri 8 Mar 2019 11:53
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Tirta Empul, or the water temple, has a mountain-spring-fed bath.
The bath is used by pilgrims for purification.
The pilgrims calmly stand in long lines in the water waiting to dip their heads below each of the water spouts. Some bring offerings which they place adjacent to a spout.
After they bow under the water of the first spout they continue moving down the line to the rest of the spouts.
The spring is adjacent, you can walk over and see the water pushing up from under the ground.
Pilgrims on line for purification
Fri 8 Mar 2019 11:53
Manukaya, Bali
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Tirta Empul, or the water temple, has a mountain-spring-fed bath.
The bath is used by pilgrims for purification.
The pilgrims calmly stand in long lines in the water waiting to dip their heads below each of the water spouts. Some bring offerings which they place adjacent to a spout.
After they bow under the water of the first spout they continue moving down the line to the rest of the spouts.
The spring is adjacent, you can walk over and see the water pushing up from under the ground.
Praying at the Tirta Empul Temple
Fri 8 Mar 2019 11:54
Manukaya, Bali
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Praying at the Tirta Empul Temple
Fri 8 Mar 2019 11:54
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Praying at the Tirta Empul Temple
Fri 8 Mar 2019 11:54
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Purification at the Tirta Empul Temple
Fri 8 Mar 2019 11:54
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Purification at the Tirta Empul Temple
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Purification at the Tirta Empul Temple
Fri 8 Mar 2019 11:54
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Goa Gajah or Elephant Cave
Fri 8 Mar 2019 10:44
Bedulu, Bali
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Goa Gajah, or Elephant Cave, is a temple inside of a cave. It features menacing faces carved into the cave's exterior. The faces are thought to ward off evil spirits.
Goa Gajah or Elephant Cave
Fri 8 Mar 2019 10:44
Bedulu, Bali
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Goa Gajah, or Elephant Cave, is a temple inside of a cave. It features menacing faces carved into the cave's exterior. The faces are thought to ward off evil spirits.
Goa Gajah or Elephant Cave
Fri 8 Mar 2019 10:44
Bedulu, Bali
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Goa Gajah, or Elephant Cave, is a temple inside of a cave. It features menacing faces carved into the cave's exterior. The faces are thought to ward off evil spirits.
Paul in a sarong, visiting Goa Gajah
Fri 8 Mar 2019 10:49
Bedulu, Bali
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Paul in a sarong, visiting Goa Gajah
Fri 8 Mar 2019 10:49
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Paul in a sarong, visiting Goa Gajah
Fri 8 Mar 2019 10:49
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Everything fits on a motorbike
Fri 8 Mar 2019 11:19
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Everything fits on a motorbike
Fri 8 Mar 2019 11:19
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Everything fits on a motorbike
Fri 8 Mar 2019 11:19
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Election poster
Fri 8 Mar 2019 12:32
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Indonesia has an election coming in April so election signs are popping up.
Election poster
Fri 8 Mar 2019 12:32
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Indonesia has an election coming in April so election signs are popping up.
Election poster
Fri 8 Mar 2019 12:32
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Indonesia has an election coming in April so election signs are popping up.
Mount Batur
Fri 8 Mar 2019 13:03
Telemba, Bali
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We ate lunch at a restaurant with a glorious view of the volcano. The restaurant suffered from restaurant-with-a-glorious-view syndrome in that it had mediocre, over-priced food. That view from the patio is grand, though.
Mount Batur
Fri 8 Mar 2019 13:03
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We ate lunch at a restaurant with a glorious view of the volcano. The restaurant suffered from restaurant-with-a-glorious-view syndrome in that it had mediocre, over-priced food. That view from the patio is grand, though.
Mount Batur
Fri 8 Mar 2019 13:03
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We ate lunch at a restaurant with a glorious view of the volcano. The restaurant suffered from restaurant-with-a-glorious-view syndrome in that it had mediocre, over-priced food. That view from the patio is grand, though.
Rice terraces
Fri 8 Mar 2019 14:04
Tegallalang, Bali
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The famous rice terraces are pretty but over-developed (zip lines, swings, selfie spots). It's busy with tourists and people trying to make money off the tourists. Avoid it, instead do the
rice paddy walk in Ubud that we did on day three.
Rice terraces
Fri 8 Mar 2019 14:04
Tegallalang, Bali
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The famous rice terraces are pretty but over-developed (zip lines, swings, selfie spots). It's busy with tourists and people trying to make money off the tourists. Avoid it, instead do the
rice paddy walk in Ubud that we did on day three.
Rice terraces
Fri 8 Mar 2019 14:04
Tegallalang, Bali
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The famous rice terraces are pretty but over-developed (zip lines, swings, selfie spots). It's busy with tourists and people trying to make money off the tourists. Avoid it, instead do the
rice paddy walk in Ubud that we did on day three.
Harvesting rice
Fri 8 Mar 2019 14:40
Ubud, Bali
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Just down the street from our house, in a real rice paddy, these ladies are harvesting rice. First they beat it to separate the grains from the plant. Next they filter off anything that isn't rice. Then the rice is dried in the sun for several days. The remaining plant waste is left on the ground to be burned. They can plant three four-month crops per year though they alternate crops so as to not wear out the soil.
Harvesting rice
Fri 8 Mar 2019 14:40
Ubud, Bali
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Just down the street from our house, in a real rice paddy, these ladies are harvesting rice. First they beat it to separate the grains from the plant. Next they filter off anything that isn't rice. Then the rice is dried in the sun for several days. The remaining plant waste is left on the ground to be burned. They can plant three four-month crops per year though they alternate crops so as to not wear out the soil.
Harvesting rice
Fri 8 Mar 2019 14:40
Ubud, Bali
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Just down the street from our house, in a real rice paddy, these ladies are harvesting rice. First they beat it to separate the grains from the plant. Next they filter off anything that isn't rice. Then the rice is dried in the sun for several days. The remaining plant waste is left on the ground to be burned. They can plant three four-month crops per year though they alternate crops so as to not wear out the soil.