Indonesia, September 18 2010, 2 days tour, first day.

Together with Dingo, we hired a car with driver for 2 days to visit Bali.

On the program we had Waterfall, temple, rice fields, and the city of Ubud well known for his wood carving, Silversmith, pottery,dances, and so on.

To see the Gitgit waterfall, we had first to climb up the mountain, luckily with the car.

After a 15 minutes walk thru the rice fields we arrived at the base of a 40m high waterfall we were the first.

It was early in the morning the air was fresh.


Boy Scouts joined us and were happy to be pictured.

The second stop was at Bratan Lake and we visited the Ulun Danu temple.

Since de bombing they take security very seriously.

As we entered the parking, a man was checking under the car with a mirror, and then we could park.

It’s an important Hindu Buddhist temple dedicated to Dewi Danu the goddess of the water.

It is built on small islands witch means it’s surrounded by the lake.

Pilgrimages and ceremonies are held to ensure water supply for the farmers all over Bali.

The roofs are made of thatch, and look very thick.

A team was working on site to maintain them.

The place is very relaxing. On site you also find a spa.

We left the place peace in mind and made our way to the rice fields of Jatiluwih.

We were rewarded with vistas that exhausted our ability to describe green. The locals were also rewarded with our green as there is a road toll to pay.

The place is stoning. Our guide told us that they grow rice twice a year. At the time we visited the place the rice was not yet mature.

We had a comfortable lunch with the overview of the entire valley. A little breeze was highly appreciated.



After lunch, we continued our journey to visit a second temple of Luhur Batukau.





Luhur Batukau was the state temple when Tabanan was an independent kingdom.

It is dedicated to Maha Dewa the mountain’s guardian spirit, as well as shrines for Bratan, Buyan and Tamblingan lakes.

It’s surrounded by forest and is often damp and misty.

You must wear a sarong that you have to rent and a donation is requested.

We decided that the rent of the sarong is the donation.

Not every body is allowed to enter the place!



We had a little bit enough visiting temples and made our way to Ubud.