Bali - Day two

Uluwatu, South of Denpasar. Many beautiful beaches.

Most of Denpasar feels to suffer as class of poverty below tourists. For us Westeners, we come in with see, explore and party with essentially infinite money, out pricing the locals, Today was a day outside of this. Uluwatu and the South Coast felt largely well off, due strongly to the fact of popularity of the region amongst mostly Australians and that of other nation's.

Many temples of the region were well maintained. Many found use of black and white clay as opposed to the common shades of brown found amongst inner suburbs of Denpasar. During this day, I've begun to see the patterns amongst creatures symbolised by Balinese's Hindu religion. The gargoyles, fat buddas (men and women) and demonic trolls held guarding their staffs. To me, this all began to tell their stories towards their different aspects of faith. In almost every suburb of Denpasar (excluding Kuta) temples and towers like these are to be found everywhere.

On the way back, and after constantly becoming lost for the later part of the day, Tim and I travelled through the suburbs of Kuta and Denpasar. These are beautiful parts of the city, with much in the way of development and shows of wealth. One shopping mall sense even had a rollercoaster on the roof. Some things here literally don't make sense!

Ending the day, Tim and I linked up with the Okere Falls crew! - Nicole, Justin, Tom and Natalie who treated us to a rave down at Finn's Bar. It was great to let loose after what had been some full days of travel.Read more