From the Crocodile Park, we headed for Danau Bratan (danau=lake) in Bedugul. Had simple lunch just right in front of the area. Our driver said Ayam Bakar Taliwang (Taliwang roast chicken) there is nice, it’s Nusa Tenggara Barat food. But we found it just okay, the chicken was too small. We also ordered fried baby squid who came out looking pretty sad, like babies of baby squid and burned. The taste overall was alright, but they definitely didn’t bother about the presentation of the food. So I’m not gonna present it here too.
After lunch, it rained quite heavy, so we were stuck for a couple of hours. I guess we could go with umbrella, because there were a lot of little kids renting it, but you can’t see much in that weather anyway. So we decided to roam around the small shops nearby and bought quite a lot of stuff. I bought that-Bali-T-shirt-that-everybody-has. If you’re Indonesian you’d know what I mean.
So starting from the beginning, this is the front gate. Love the mountain in the background. Mountain and lake is totally genius combination of divine invention. I don’t know what mountain that is, looks like it’s either Gunung Catur or Gunung Mangu (gunung=mount) according to this website. Oh and from here I just knew that the same guy built Pura Ulun Danu and Pura Taman Ayun. Well, not just any guy, he’s a King.
Me in front of a stupa. I like that orange beings in contrast with the earth color of the stupa. Nice.
The sign read: Kawasan Suci! Dilarang kencing di areal ini! Translated: Sacred area! Do not pee here!
Of course it does look like a good spot for urinating…
We present you.. Pura Ulun Danu!
I wonder if they built the shrine first then the water went up, or if they just purposely built the shrine in the middle of the lake.
I love this place! Everywhere you take picture it came up nice! Apparently I was so absorbed in taking pictures of us that I forgot to take pictures of just the shrines and lake like a professional photographer. The sun was just the right amount too after the rain, so the colors just came up nice.
I feel a bit guilty for putting so many pictures of me and not Rendy. It just happened that the best composition of pictures have ME in it. Sorry baby, love you ;).
Now there he is! Thanks to some random people we grabbed to help us taking picture.
Empty ceremony tables inside one of the temple.
The same place with the one before this picture. When we came back after a while, I saw these Balinese starting some kind of ceremony.
There’s nice park around the lake too. The place is just beautiful and properly maintained. The weather in Bedugul is nice cooling because it’s located on highland. So it’s a nice change from the burning sun we had just a few hours ago.
Waiting…
Where the hell is he?
Before we left, I bought this Rp10.000,- hat that makes me look like a Jew. If you can’t get enough of the hat, I will have more pictures with me and the hat in the next post :).
Pura Ulun Danu, Bratan Lake
Bedugul, Bali
IndonesiaAdmission: free
nice photos. i haven’t been there so your pics made me want to go. nice hat :) what tshirt are you refering to? is it the fu(k terrorist one? please share, i’m curious
Comment by yevisha — 01 Jul 2007 @ 10:25 am
Thanx :). No, it’s nothing as exciting as terrorist =b. Was referring to the very thin cotton shirt that either has bamboo or ‘barong’ on it. I saw them a lot when I was in Indonesia coz they’re very comfortable to wear at home.
Comment by mee — 03 Jul 2007 @ 9:34 pm