Bali Hais and Bali Lows: Photos and Videos

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Amazing Ceking rice terraces outside Ubud The view from atop Mt Batur Carrie and I in front of Mt Batur, which we hiked to the top of earlier that morning. Where was this weather for our sunrise! The twin craters of Mt Batur (taken by Carrie) Lava fields with black ash lines from previous Mt Batur eruptions Crater II of Mt Batur is always steaming (taken byy Carrie) Carrie and I atop Mt Batur A shrine atop Mt Batur where people come on full moons to do yoga, meditate and enter into a trance_3 Our Mt Batur sunrise The hut atop Mt Batur that we waited out the rain for 3 hours in Our guide walks in the foggy mist of a Mt Batur morning Onion fields below Mt Batur Carrie and I huddled up and freezing cold at 6am with clouds blocking the sunrise on Mt Batur The view from below Mt Batur with local workers harvesting the onion fields Bakso - chicken ball soup with noodles and sometimes other meats Bakso stall...these could be found on streets throughout Bali Bali women wearing traditional outfits Women carrying offerings to a religious celebration, dressed in traditional garb Waiting around for a celebration to begin in Ubud_7 Men in traditional Balinesian clothing Carrie and I dressed up for a religious celebration with Inyoman, our new couchsurfing friend Prayer offerings like this were on the streets all over Bali An Ubud police officer (taken by Carrie) The inside of a typical local house in Bali 2 A beautiful door like this is a common sight in the beautiful homes and guesthouses in Bali The inside of a typical local house in Bali The inside of a typical local house in Bali The courtyard inside a typical guesthouse in Bali Special Nasi Campur Balina - tofu, chicken satay, green beans, fried egg, fried fish, fried corn thing, cucumber, tomato Mie Goreng - Fried rice, veggies and chicken...very greasy Gado Gado - tofu, bean sprouts, rice cooked and cooled to harden together, shrimp wafer chips A cool monkey at Menjangan National Park (taken by Carrie) Menjangan National Park where we scuba dived and ate lunch A temple at Menjangan National Park where we scuba dived and ate lunch (taken byu Carrie) Menjangan National Park where we scuba dived and ate lunch (taken by Carrie) Rock formations in Menjangan National Park (taken by Carrie) Local fishermen catch their fish and store them in this floating collection of nets (taken by Carrie) A local boy plays with his toys outside his house below Mt Batur A bemo. the local public bus The inside of a bemo...the Bali public bus The shuttle that took us from Ubud to Lovina for $13 per person and charged us extra to stop and take photos Our rental car in bali, a Feroza that cost us $9 a day To make a bed big enough for two they have a twin mattress next to the smallest mattress ever A happy rice worker outside Ubud A local rice worker outsidie Ubud Rice waiting to be planted Rice workers at work outside Ubud A vendor next to the Ceking rice terraces outside Ubud Shops full of beautiful stone carvings are found all over Bali...especially in Batbulan Intricate Shiva statue at an intersection in Ubud Cool statue on the side of the road in Bali A cool door in Ubud (taken by Carrie) Cool door in Ubud Clothing dryers powered by fire Fun puppets in Ubud The daily rain storm was usually fierce and short The dolphin statue in Lovina While we are used to seeing the squatty potties, I have never seen the giant water basin next to it that was in most Bali bathrooms The truth of this sign is debatable Tanah Lot...the most famous temple in Bali Carrie and I at Tanah Lot A beautiful side temple at Tanah Lot (taken by Carrie) Cool carving at Tanah Lot Statues at Tanah Lot Scores of people walk through the 'Tanah Lot gauntlet of shops Tanah Lot shopping gauntlet. Stores and stalls like these lined the narrow street between the entrance and the temple Scores of tourists all over the beach at Tanah Lot Man they start them young...thislittle boy is a postcard vendor at Tannah Lot Postcard sellers at tanah lot...they start them young Vendor at Tanah Lot It had been a while since locals wanted to take a photo with us just because we were foreigners...this one is at Tanah Lot The streets of Kuta, Bali Funny spelling for taxi Fun at the Waterbom waterpark in Kuta Swine Flu Health Alert Card - We had to fill this out before we could enter Bali

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And your moment of Zen: waves crashing at a temple in the Tanah Lot temple complex…

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