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© 2019 John Holstein
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Green
is Bali's color.
Gubuk.
(Photo by friend Ade.)
A
beach on Bali's north coast. Before I visited several sources told me
that the north coast isn't as green as the rest of Bali. Not true!
This
rock, with its black and white checkered shawl (zoom in) symbolizing the
complementary nature of opposites, seems to be a Hindu icon.
Close-up
of an old gate. The flora that grows on these gates are purposely left
there. Such "weeds" wouldn't last a day in America.
The
early morning can make a boring setting quite lovely.
Not
only is the wall interesting of this inn at Lovinda. Zoom in through the
door.
The
Korean language above "Moo-Moo" translates as "Korean language
milk." An arcade in Singaraja.
The
gracefully drooping decorations are penjor. They are used during religious
holidays and on happy family occasions, like the birth of a child.
On
the mountain pass between north and south Bali
By
Lake Beratan, heading south for Ubud.
A
mountain village near the north coast (on the way from Ubud to Singaraja)
The
biggest one is Mount Batur, the second highest on Bali.
Outside
Ubud. It is now a popular place for lovers to show 1) how lovely they
look together and 2) how they are so truly devoted to each other. Yuck.
Pura
Desa Sembiran, in Sembiran Village in the hills overlooking the north
coast
The
rooster guardian couple of Pura Desa Sembiran.
This
grandma is making her unsteady way down the village's one and only road,
n front of Pura Desa Sembiran.
Kids
in front of the door leading to the compuond that hosts their house.
Individual
compounds are in back of the long wall on each side of the village's one
street. Each of the doors that you see enter a compound..
The
Chinese characters on the door and to the right of the door to this compound
still have me wondering, "Why Chinese?"
A
traditional home, with shrines memorializing ancestors. From what I've
seen, the number and size of these shrines is a very accurate indication
of a family's wealth, not of their beliefs.
A
tiny mountain village along the north coast
A
sumptuous but very reasonably-priced lunch in a warung (commoners' restaurant)
in a traditional home.
On
the north shore, outside Singaraja. (Photo by Ade Alvian)
