Bali, Indonesia Photo Gallery
One of our first views of Bali.
Gwen with the beautiful Balinese girls dressed in traditional clothing.
The musicians who greeted us at the port.
We were told that these were Christmas decorations, but how can they celebrate CHRISTmas without knowing Jesus Christ.
Entrance to Buddhist Temple Vihara Satya Dharma.
Buddhist Temple Vihara Satya Dharma.
Tian Shang Sheng Mu, the goddess who calms the sea and ensures travelers safety. I only know of Jesus who can calm seas.
It is so ornate and so much detail everywhere!
The entrance ceiling.
Inside the Buddhist temple, where offerings are brought everyday.
The colorful batik clothes are made by applying dye in melted wax, which hardens when cooled. When all the colors are added the cloth is boiled and the wax melts away leaving the dye and colors.
The instrument the women use to apply the dye mixed in wax.
A big hand weaving machine.
In the outer courtyard of the Hindu temple.
Canti Bentar or split gateway of the Hindu temple that we visited.
Brian and I at one of the Hindu Temples. Shoulders and knees have to be covered for both men and women, and they provided these beautiful skirts.
Doug, Margaret, Gwen and Brian at the Hindu temple.
Puduraska or inner gate of the Hindu temple.
Inside the inner courtyard of the Hindu temple.
Inside the inner courtyard of the Hindu temple.
Inside the inner courtyard of the Hindu temple.
We were visiting a Balinese home to get the architectural concept. This belonged to a family of silver craftsmen and is very well decorated! This is the morning coffee/tea area.
Some kind of god at this home. Notice the offering of the day in front of it. This is done daily.
Another god here.
A traditional Balinese house is built as a house compound where different structures have different functions.
One of the offerings of the day.
This area was used for important ceremonies such as weddings or deaths.
A structure in the home.
The outer gates of the home's temple.
This boy is preparing the offerings for tomorrow.
A silver crafts lady. She is making earrings.
At the entrance to the coffee plantation.
Bali Pulina where they produce Kopi Luwak coffee, the world's finest and most expensive coffee.
The coffee is made from beans collected from the droppings of this cat-like civet. They will only eat good coffee beans and then they are fermented in their digestive system and the beans are excreted whole.
The beans are washed and boiled for a time and then dried. Once dried 2 layers of skin are removed.
Did you know there are male and female coffee beans? The divided and more abundant are female. The round bean is male.
The spices they grow and use there. Tumeric, Ginger, Vanilla, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Cloves, Black and White Pepper, Cordamon.
Brian trying his hand at roasting the coffee beans over a fire.
Pepper.
Coffee.
Tea flight-lemon, ginger, turmeric, rosella, panda. Coffee-wet process, natural process, dry process, honey coffee. The big cup is the Kopi Luwak coffee.
The tasting area was very beautiful, like being in a jungle!
Durian fruit, which I've heard is very healthy for you, but smells terrible. I have not tried it.
A part of the coffee plantation.
Rice bundles drying.
Red Jade Vine.
The rice terraces.
Another view of the rice terraces.
No the bicycle is not flying, but riding on a line like a zip-line.
Fried rice at Green Terrace Warun Restaurant.
Fried noodle at the Green Terraces Warun Restaurant.
Rice terraces-they were planting seedlings.
Rice terraces-they were planting seedlings.
Just one of the statues that you see everywhere.
One of the many specialty shops that we saw lining the roads.
This a a pet (bird) shop.
A family on a motorcycle going to a temple. The lady had a offering basket, although you can't see it in this photo.
The Statue of Titi Banda.
Patung Barong.
Patung Catur Muka.
Our waiter Dharma who recommended our tour guide Billy, his friend.
On our way out of the harbor we passed this island.
The other side of the island. I think boats are a way of life for these people.
As we were leaving the port the people in this area were waving and taking photos.
Boat silhouette-reminds me of a spider.