We had our last breakfast at our lovely hotel this morning and just before we finished eating it started raining. It was a steady downpour and the wait staff were quickly rescuing chair cushions from the (fully) outside tables. It only lasted about 15 minutes and cooled things down by about 1 degree C. Our first stop of the day was Penglipuran, a unique village. It reminded us of a suburban street, with lots of little houses, all with street numbers - this was quite different from other homes we'd seen. The lots were very narrow but went a long ways back. There were entrance gates and a garden wall across the front, then an open air covered area for lazing around during the day or (strangely enough) placing the body (for a couple of days) when someone dies, before they cremate it. Next was another small building with sleeping rooms, much like ours. Then there was an open air kitchen and some storage areas, next was the livestock. We saw about 4 chickens in bamboo type cages, who got very excited and the cages rolled over and off a shelf onto the floor, they still kept squawking! Then there was a building with pigs of various ages, and beyond that was land used for growing stuff. The front gardens all consist of shrines to various gods where they leave offerings. The most common are for protection, health, prosperity, success, etc.
Next was a lunch stop at Kintamani overlooking Mt. Batur (a volcano), then we moved on to Beji Temple. Final stop was our hotel at Lovina, on the beach on the northeastern side of the island. We went out for dinner to a restaurant on the beach, which was two minutes from the hotel. We retired early as we are meeting at 5:50 in the morning for a boat trip to (hopefully) see the dolphins.
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