very short trip to the other side of bali

bali is more likely famous for its beaches.. and i have several times gone there to shoot my programme, in kuta, sanur, tanjung benoa and tulamben. but this time i didn't go to the beach at all.  

last weekend i got invited by bali safari to watch theatre show called "bali agung - the legend of balinese goddesses". the show itself was friggin awesome. it involved 150 people/dancers, 40 puppets and more than 30 animals, including ten elephants (!!). i can't show you the pictures right now, but i promise you i will give you a link to a complete cover of my journey on the online version of my magazine when it's ready. 

i spent the night at mara river - bali safari lodge, gianyar, where in the morning, when i open the window in my room, there was a rhino in the yard. there was even zebra and wildebeest. i felt like i was in madagascar! 

can you imagine this view in your backyard?

 i also had dinner in tsavo lion restaurant where you can see lion outside but i was unlucky the lion maybe was sleeping and didn't show up. too bad :(. there was an ostrich, though. 

with lucy the parrot

 the next day, me and other media fellows had trip to three pura (hindunese temple) in kintamani, as a trace back on the journey of king jaya pangus. even though i'm not a hindu, but i always love to see other religion ceremony. and i was lucky there was a full moon ceremony going. and i love how all people there were so nice to us, they were not disturbed by our presence even though they were having their prayers. they even welcome me as non-hindu to pray there, saying "no matter what religion you are, we're all have one purpose, the divine god."

hey i got splashed by holy water!

with other media fellows.

we have to use sarong and some kind of fabric as belt if we go to pura.

 it's a very short trip but fun, and it's a late post because i immediately got busy soon after i arrived in jakarta. well bali, see you soon :)