Bali Indonesia IND Mar 2nd

Our second day in Bali was a great and long day...
In the morning, we hired a service from a local tour guide to take us around to visit Bali. We started out at 7:30 with our guide June and the driver John that was her cousin. We started out at Ubud Royale Palace. What you actually get to see most is their temple next door with a brief glimpse into the actual palace courtyard. After that we went to the Ubud Water Palace Temple. Since it is a palace for the local king and also their shrine, we had to wear a sarong and head ware out of respect. This is the norm for all the local temples when you visit. Our next stop was Kampung Painting. This gallery is a co-op of local Balinese artists. They do traditional Balinese paintings and also different kinds of painting techniques. We found a painting of wildflowers that is an oil painting made by using the painter's trowel to create the flowers and the texture. We posted a picture of the painting. They took the canvas off the frame and rolled it up for the trip home. Then we stopped by our guides favorite restaurant for a bowl of noodles and pork with drink of fresh orange / lime juice. it was just an amazing meal and cost about $2. Our next stop was the hand-made silver store to look at all the extremely intricate jewelry. Most was for women so we did not purchase anything. There was also a museum of all the rare gemstones and their natural, original state so you could see what they start as before becoming jewelry.
Then back to the ship for an hour before our next excursion.
This was another temple excursion to Uluwatu Temple. This temple had monkeys that lived in the tree around the structures. They are aggressive and will steal your hat, glasses and they love cell phones. They are very sneaky and will steal your stuff. You have to give them food for fruit to get what they steal back. One lady lost her glasses and we have a picture of it.
Our last stop was a seafood dinner at a local restaurant, then back to the ship, we got back around 8:30pm.......so it was a long, amazing day!Read more