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26 February 2011

Images of Bali

Indonesia, Photos

We leave Bali exhausted from difficult driving, exhilarated by lovely countryside, full of good spicy food and delighted by the coral reefs. Within the four weeks we have actually explored pretty much every corner of the island, though of course not in great depth. So this is a round-up of stray images from all over.

Food on Bali came in all varieties, from refined resort dining to the spicy offerings of the local warungs, like this babi guling (suckling pig)
Weighing in at six kilograms and spikey (or stinky) enough to scare off anything, the mighty durian
High culture is centred around Ubud, where you can enjoy glorious barong dances
More refined and exquisite is the legong dance. Can you see the angry birdy?
More earthy and evocative, this is a scene from the kecak fire dance
And more silly and strange, the shadow puppets of wayang kulit with percussive accompaniment
All in white, specially dressed up for a day of offerings
Ooo... brain coral.
The best thing about Bali: enjoying it with friends for a couple of weeks
This here is barong himself, the monster after which the famous dance is named. He\'s a good guy, actually
This is the bad guy, some kind of nefarious sorcerer or demon. Good ol\' barong always chases him off the stage
Ubud is also centre to the most artisinal part of the island. Here they carve new statues from piles of cemented bricks
The humid tropical climate rapidly gives stonework a patina of age. This nattily decorated fellow may only be a few years old
Getting up close to the stonework it\'s easy to be impressed with the level of detail and mastery of figure
Away from the towns is the beautiful verdant countryside. These ducks are judging the initial knock-out round of Quackly Come Dancing
Traditional hats still very much in evidence on the rice paddies - definitely not just an unwise tourist purchase
And to help the harvest along there are of course little shrines ready to accept offerings
All that great produce inevitably ends up at the wealth of markets all around Bali
These three beautiful bulls are all going to be burned as part of a funeral celebratino
Watching people on motorbikes is a good way to enjoy a long drive. This one has clearly gone too far with the camoflage
One of the hazards of any drive on Bali - 10 year olds on motorbikes. You can already see Hells Angels in the making
Another world of wonder waits beneath the waves, on the best reefs we\'ve found so far
This little fish is unknowingly making a nice colour combination with the coral
This fish reminds me of someone or something, but I can\'t think what. Feel free to drop us a comment with any ideas!
This fish, apparently pre-grilled, was so nosey that he was seldome far enough back to photograph
Strange jellyfish, yeah? No. This is the plastic-bag fish and it is sadly found all around Bali\'s shores
Like twins, we photographed pretty much anything whether it moved or not
Tim seems to have slightly overdone it with the camera. I\'m sure he\'ll recover

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2 Responses to “Images of Bali”

  1. Malcolm says:
    May 16, 2013 at 12:32 pm

    Have enjoyed looking through your shots from Bali…I guess you dive and took the underwaterphotographs yourself? Which reefs did you dive? (I was down at Pemeturan and Blue Lagoon & the Channel, just off Padang Bai last February)

    regards,

    Malcolm

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    • shortclaws says:
      May 17, 2013 at 12:32 pm

      Yes, we had a little waterproof camera. It wasn’t good enough for professional looking photos, but at least we were able to have some memories of the colourful world under the water!

      We were at Pemuteran, yes. We didn’t get to Padang Bai, but our favourite trip was to the far east of Bali – the Amed coast. We did some wonderful snorkelling there, and it is perhaps the only truly relaxed part of Bali left!

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