H: 13 to 22 Sep :- Bali

Some more Bali images uploaded on 26 Oct 2010.

The "monkey" dance:
Rice paddy view during bike tour:
The intrepid trio:

Our verandah at Kunang Kunang Guest House:

Alison with bride at the wedding she and Tony invited themselves to;

The priest plying his trade officiating at the wedding;

The priest donned his hat for this tricky bit:

I was amazed to see this display of an Ochna. Our Bushcare group would be horrified. These things are a scourge in our bushland:

We walked to the Ubud Botanical Gardens, and on the way I spotted the town's hydraulic garbage disposal system. This lot finds its way via the paddy fields to the ocean:

Alison escaped to do participate in a cooking class:

The girls love to dress up here:

Some roof details near our hotel, Sanur:

View from our hotel room, Sanur:

Brick is used a lot and this is in a museum temple in Ubud. Brickwork is detailed and only fine layer of mortar is used. The stone icons around the temples are nearly always dressed in this checkered cloth.


We went to a temple ceromony in the evening. There was a continuous procession of women bringing offerings for blessing by the priest. I believe they were taken back home and shared out.

The action inside the temple:

Tony and Alison waited outside:

The "wet"markets were a bit chaotic:

This is the veranda of a room to let at the king's palace. The rooms are available for rent at $65Us per night.

Lily pond between temple and restaurant.

Gold leaf being applied to temple decoration:

Rice paddy along the side of the walking track. I was shortly to get soaked through in a downpour. This put the camera out of action.

Bali made for an interesting break from our travels in the Top End - weather was cooler but very wet at times.

Thanks to Pak Tony's local knowledge and language skills we saw a lot more than we would have done on our own. This included meeting local artists and getting to some dance performances. We did a (mostly) downhill bike ride with Eco Tours which had a very good tour guide and came with an excellent lunch washed down with a well-earned Bitang beer or two.

Alison and Tony went to a local wedding as guests. I had some more Bitang.