02Smnyk_tour22.jpg=Driving to the Pacung rice fields, we passed through villages displaying many Penjor, decorated bamboo poles
02Smnyk_tour3.jpg=Centra Taum pool and restaurant
02Smnyk_tourPan13.JPG=Pacung rice fields
02Smnyk_tour14.jpg=Pura Taman Ayun Temple Mengwi
02Smnyk_tour4.jpg=Our tour from Seminyak took us first to Pura Taman Ayun Temple Mengwi (Hindu)
01Smnyk9.jpg=Seminyak centre
02Smnyk_Sunset5.jpg=Seminyak Square at sunset
C_T_Pan02.JPG=Our split level unit at Centra Taum
02Smnyk_tour31.jpg=Ulun Danu Temple gardens
02Smnyk_tour2.jpg=Centra Taum pool and restaurant
02Smnyk_tour15.jpg=Pura Taman Ayun Temple Mengwi
02Smnyk_tour40.jpg=Tanah Lot market place. Luwak coffee shop - see our diary notes regarding animal cruelty
02Smnyk_tour23.jpg=Pacung rice fields and a lunch stop
DSC_0535.JPG=Ulun Danu Temple on Lake Beratan
02Smnyk_tour32.jpg=Ulun Danu Temple gardens and water park on Lake Beratan
02Smnyk_Sunset4.jpg=Seminyak Square at sunset
02Smnyk_tourPan20.JPG=Ulun Danu Temple
02Smnyk_tour33.jpg=Ulun Danu Temple gardens
02Smnyk_tour16.jpg=Pura Taman Ayun Temple Mengwi
01Smnyk1.jpg=Walk from Centra to the beach - every spare block used for crops (rice), or unfortunately rubbish
DSC_0438.JPG=Petitenget beach
01Smnyk6.jpg=Seminyak centre
02Smnyk_Sunset3.jpg=Sunset on the beach at Seminyak
Map.jpg=Centra Taum, Seminyak
01Smnyk7.jpg=Seminyak centre market and the "penis" bottle openers outside many souvenir shops
02Smnyk_tour29.jpg=Ulun Danu Temple - excited teenagers
02Smnyk_tour6.jpg=Pura Taman Ayun Temple Mengwi
02Smnyk_tour20.jpg=Pura Taman Ayun Temple Mengwi
02Smnyk_tourPan25.JPG=Tanah Lot market place
02Smnyk_tour46.jpg=Tanah Lot Temple
DSC_0492.JPG=Penjor, decorated bamboo poles
01SmnykPan01.JPG=Petitenget beach
02Smnyk_tour34.jpg=Ulun Danu Temple gardens
02Smnyk_Sunset1.jpg=Seminyak Square (town centre)
02Smnyk_tour21.jpg=A cockfight is a blood sport between two roosters (cocks), or more accurately gamecocks, held in a ring called a cockpit. The history of raising fowl for fighting goes back 6,000 years. Cockfighting is an ancient Balinese tradition. The Indonesian government frowns on it, and the heavy gambling that goes with it (men can lose farms on a single fight), but it remains a part of daily life. Cockfights are staged before religious ceremonies, as an offering to the gods. The government forbids cockfights for non-religious purposes, but the government is far away, on Java. Of the 13,000 islands in this archipelago, only Bali is Hindu, and in Bali, cockfighting is performed in every village temple. The people and the government have reached an unspoken compromise: cockfighting can continue, so long as everyone pretends it doesn’t exist.
02Smnyk_tour5.jpg=Pura Taman Ayun Temple Mengwi
01Smnyk.jpg=Our hotel Centra Taum in Seminyak
02Smnyk_tour17.jpg=Pura Taman Ayun Temple Mengwi
01Smnyk8.jpg=Seminyak SquareSeminyak centre
01Smnyk12.jpg=Seminyak centre
02Smnyk_tourPan26.JPG=Tanah Lot waterfront
02Smnyk_Sunset2.jpg=Seminyak Square. Massage ladies wanting a picture taken. A police excort to a large group of vans carrying important passengers?
02Smnyk_tourPan09.JPG=Pura Taman Ayun Temple Mengwi
02Smnyk_tour47.jpg=A slow drive through thick traffic, back to Seminyak
Bluetooth2.jpg=Caged birds at Pura Taman Ayun Temple
01Smnyk_Coolpix1.jpg=Penjor - decorated bamboo poles with offerings suspended at the end.
01SmnykPan02.JPG=Seminyak centre
DSC_0423.JPG=Our split level unit at Centra Taum; a nice unit with bathroom and TV on both levels, but a too steep (for us) staircase
02Smnyk_tourPan18.JPG=Ulun Danu Temple on Lake Beratan
02Smnyk_SunsetPan01.JPG=Sunset on the beach at Seminyak
01Smnyk4.jpg=Canang sari is one of the daily offerings made by Balinese Hindus to thank the Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa in praise and prayer.[1] Canang sari will be seen in the Balinese temples (pura), on small shrines in houses, and on the ground or as a part of a larger offering
02Smnyk_tour18.jpg=Pura Taman Ayun Temple Mengwi parade dragon costume
02Smnyk_tourPan19.JPG=Ulun Danu Temple; local worshippers playing music and singing
02Smnyk_tourPan27.JPG=Tanah Lot Temple receives 3 million+ visitors every year
02Smnyk_tour35.jpg=Ulun Danu Temple gardens
01Smnyk11.jpg=Centra Taum, Seminyak and a nearby sign "ant-Uber etc"
02Smnyk_tour44.jpg=Tanah Lot Temple
02Smnyk_tour8.jpg=Our next stop was Ulun Danu Temple on Lake Beratan
01Smnyk5.jpg=Seminyak centre
01Smnyk10.jpg=Seminyak centre and an open restaurant looks like a grandstand where patrons can watch the traffic
02Smnyk_SunsetPan02.JPG=Sunset on the beach at Seminyak
02Smnyk_tour28.jpg=Ulun Danu Temple gardens
02Smnyk_tourPan28.JPG=Tanah Lot Temple
02Smnyk_tour10.jpg=Ulun Danu Temple on Lake Beratan
02Smnyk_tour36.jpg=Tanah Lot entrance gate
02Smnyk_tour19.jpg=Pura Taman Ayun Temple Mengwi
01Smnyk_Coolpix2.jpg=Walk from Centra to the beach - bird looks similar to our Herons
02Smnyk_tour7.jpg=Pacung rice fields and through the cloud, an ancent volcano
02Smnyk_tour45.jpg=Tanah Lot Temple
Bluetooth1.jpg=Caged birds at Pura Taman Ayun Temple
01Smnyk_Coolpix.jpg=Galungan is a Balinese holiday (today) celebrating the victory of dharma over adharma. It marks the time when the ancestral spirits visit the Earth. The last day of the celebration is Kuningan, when they return. The date is calculated according to the 210-day Balinese calendar. The most obvious sign of the celebrations are the penjor - bamboo poles with offerings suspended at the end.
02Smnyk_tourPan24.JPG=Ulun Danu Temple car park
02Smnyk_tour41.jpg=Tanah Lot entry to the temple on the waterfront
02Smnyk_tour1.jpg=Centra Taum pool and restaurant
02Smnyk_tour38.jpg=Pretty girls at Tanah Lot
02Smnyk_tour25.jpg=Ulun Danu Temple; local worshippers playing music and singing
02Smnyk_tour11.jpg=Pura Taman Ayun Temple Mengwi
02Smnyk_tour12.jpg=Pura Taman Ayun Temple Mengwi
02Smnyk_tour24.jpg=Ulun Danu Temple; local worshippers playing music and singing
01Smnyk2.jpg=Walk from Centra to the beach - two workers riding on a rubbish truck; one on top holding down the load and the other riding on the front bumper
02Smnyk_tour37.jpg=Our final stop for the day is the temple of Tanah Lot
02Smnyk_tour42.jpg=Tanah Lot waterfront
02Smnyk_Sunset.jpg=Next day - our last full day in Seminyak
DSC_0441.JPG=Sunset on the beach at Seminyak
02Smnyk_tour.jpg=Balinese Hinduism, is the form of Hinduism practiced by the majority of the population of Bali. This is particularly associated with the Balinese people residing on the island and represents a distinct form of Hindu worship incorporating local animism, ancestor worship and reverence for Buddhist saints.
02Smnyk_tour39.jpg=Tanah Lot market place. Luwak coffee shop; Live bats and (pet) Luwaks
Bluetooth.jpg=Caged birds at Pura Taman Ayun Temple
01Smnyk3.jpg=Walk from Centra to the beach
02Smnyk_tour13.jpg=Pura Taman Ayun Temple Mengwi
20160919_140046.jpg=Ulun Danu Temple on Lake Beratan
02Smnyk_tour26.jpg=Ulun Danu Temple on Lake Beratan
02Smnyk_tour43.jpg=Tanah Lot Temple
DSC_0608.JPG=Tanah Lot Temple
CentraTaum.jpg=Our private balcony
02Smnyk_tour9.jpg=Ulun Danu Temple on Lake Beratan
02Smnyk_tour30.jpg=Ulun Danu Temple gardens
