Bali: Sanur area

Moving to a hotel that was right on the beach, we dumped our bags and were off for a day trip with a driver we hired.  Going to Ubud, we saw traditional Balinese dancing, a silver jewelry factory, monkey jungle (one grabbed onto my leg for a ride), rice paddy terraces, shops and an old Hindu temple (both of us had to cover our legs with skirts this time!).  A great cultural day and a good night’s rest for us, after being eaten alive the night before—no we are not camping here.

About to head in to our Balinese dance...so exciting!

The "band" is right above Shelley's head in the pic.  She seems to like it.

A picture of the beast making the mortals kill themselves.  Very uplifting!

A small temple in the monkey park 

Shelley hanging out with her new friends.

This one, or a similar one, hung on to Shelley' leg

In our taksi (that is how the Balinese spell it) about to head out to the rice fields

It is sooooooooo hot!

Random sculpture at a roundabout.  Our guide doesn't even know what it is

The sweaty traveling couple at the rice terraces

Looking out a the rice terraces

Shelley and I venture into the valley of the rice terraces

Don't fall off that rickety bridge

New style I am bringing back to the States.

Part of the Hindu temple of our day tour

Very hot and steamy, we spent the next day lying on the beach and jumping in and out of the pool and ocean.  We went back to our yummy dinner place Metro and again Erik spoke to our young waiter for a while although it was painful.  Hard to believe the waiter spent four years studying English in high school and one in college.  Yes, English is his major?! We think he understood about 50% of what Erik said.  No one seems to understand anything I say here—go figure?!  Erik says use less words and simple statements/questions.

Another sign that Shelley really liked.  As much as they don't speak english