It's high season here in Bali. Besides the 4.2 million residents, all hotels are filled and the streets, are packed with tourists. Our plan was to rent a car, but none were available, so we had a car and driver instead. Our hotel is conveniently located just outside the touristy area of Kuta, and is nice and quiet. The rain has stopped after two days, so today we went off to check the surf at Ulu Watu. It was disappointingly messy and knee high, so we didn't go out.These stairs were very steep and slippery. I was glad that I wasn't carrying a board and trying to navigate this route.
We headed north to the Botanic Garden, stopping at several temples along the way.
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| Hindu Temple at Danu Batur |
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| Botanical Garden |
The Botanical Garden is a popular spot for families and groups. The grounds are expansive and it has the feel of Golden Gate Park. Lots of open lawn areas.
Traffic is very heavy, lots of Javanese tour busses are here from the Jakarta area, after having taken the ferry over, so besides the worldwide tourists, there are many Indonesian tourists. I guess that's why it's called high season.
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| Rice paddies in middle of restaurant. |
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| Famous duck restaurant outside Ubud. |
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| Satay for Jiro at the table. |
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| Streetside gate near temple. |
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