Another drive, this time taking the scenic route via Nusa Dua to the Ula Watu Temple stopping by some interesting local shops en route. There are so many shops dedicated to religious offerings. Local women weave trays from banana/palm leaves and fill these with coloured hydrangea petals and other flowers, for locals to buy and add to with coins, biscuits, rice and incense amongst other things. These 'canang', offerings to the Gods (featured in yesterday's post), are placed outside homes and shops, in cars and at the parking points. They are also piled atop one another on statues at road intersections and at temples. Along with these, the locals take to the temple baskets of fruit, vegetables and various decorative objects as a symbolic offering before returning home with them.
At the temple, we see lots of fat monkeys, either over-gorged on visitors bananas: male, or with babies in tow. There are also spectacular views of the cliffs and waves below.
With light fading we make our way down through the Uluwatu cave to the waves below. With a new, double overhead swell Gunnar: paddles out to join the crowd. Dieny: enjoys sunset beneath the cliffs with a book and a bag of groundnuts.
We sup at quirky and delicious Ozzie spot Sea-Circus and a toast to entering our second month as a married couple.
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