I decided to take a one-day tour to see as much as I could, and it was great. The top photo is a traditional Balinese temple with a "split gate" entrance. Looking closely, it appears that the gate started out as a single piece of architecture that was split in two to make the gate. I was surprised to find out that the Balinese are Buddhist. I just figured they were Muslim like the rest of Indonesia.
The second photo is from the Balinese "barong" dance, a story of good versus evil with people, a tiger, and a monkey for comic relief. The costumes were unbelievable.
The third picture is of several rice terraces. Just gorgeous landscape. We stopped at this location because there was a lot of traffic going towards the usual tourist location, and I'm glad we did. The guide and I had a chance to meet a couple of the farmers, and they were very nice and got a kick out of having a tourist come by.
In the last photo, the woodcarver is crafting intertwined people from a single piece of wood. The quality of carving at this shop was just amazing. I didn't buy anything because I wouldn't have been able to carry what I wanted on the plane, even if I could have afforded it. Maybe when I go back.
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