The inner moat and eleven tiered 'merus' at the Hindu temple, the "Floating Palace" in Mengwi.

Eleven roof tiers indicates one of the most holy temples honouring  an important god who will sit higher in this temple than a lesser god whose temple may only have 9 roofs.
Visitors are not allowed into this area but it is easy to see over the beautifully crafted brick wall.

The best quality old brickwork in Bali has almost no mortar between the bricks. They are rubbed against one another in a lapping process during building and this fits them tightly together so that only a wash of mortar is required.
 

White Water Lilies growing in a pond in the outer, grassed courtyard at the 'Floating Palace', Mengwi.

A small waterfall tumbling into the main river below the old Dutch bridge near Murni's Warung in Ubud.
Murni's has dining areas on several descending levels down the side of the steep valley, the lowest one being just above the river level and is noted for its glow worms at night.
 

A farm just on the edge of the main northern road in the misty mountains near Bedugul. The green terraces are rice and the lower ones will be planted to vegetables. The farmer's home is in the centre of the photo.

The main and secondary shrines of Pura Ulun Danau on Lake Bratan.

A Buddhist Stupa on the shores of Lake Bratan near Bedugul.
Not 100 meters (yards) away from the Hindu lake temple of Pura Ulun Danau in/on the shores of Lake Bratan with a Muslim mosque just across the road in the other direction.
This is just one example of the peaceful tolerance and the pluralism which exists on Bali and is one of the things which makes it unique within the many islands of Indonesia.

Rice paddies near the start of the path to Git Git Waterfall.
The path down is long and very steep in places, but the local sellers use every available space to set up little stalls where all sorts of goods can be purchased at some of the cheapest prices in Bali.
It was on this path that we met the youngest seller I have ever seen.
The little girl could not have been 5 years old but she knew all of the patter that went with selling her necklaces and bracelets.
 

Git Git Waterfall.
The rain comes down and the spray comes up! You can bathe in the pool at the foot of the falls.
It would be a very nice thing to do on a hot day, if there are any hot days up here in the mountains.
Even with the assistance of Phil and a helpful tour guide holding a large towel over me I could not keep the lens dry for more than a few seconds.
 

The Git Git River and the misty valley just below the roofed viewing point at base of the falls.
If only a path could be built from here DOWN the river to meet the road further down the valley and save that long climb back up . . . .
 

Farmer ploughing.
Almost on the black sands of Linggo Beach just a few kilometres east of Singaraja, the old Dutch capital on the north coast of Bali.
There is a large restaurant here where we had a very nice smorgasbord lunch.
 

Hot springs just west of Lovina on the north coast.
These sulphurous springs feed via jets into a series of bathing pools, falling from increasing heights in each successive pool.
The first two baths with fairly gentle water jets are seen here, with some bathers or the left of the upper pool. The second pool is the largest one, seen here in the foreground. The third pool has a thunderous, pummelling cascade from only half the number of jets in the first two pools but with a drop of twice the height or more.
It is best not to study the colour of the water for too long before carefully entering. The steps and the bottom of the pools are very slippery.
 

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The trip to wonderful north Bali, including the 'floating palace' at Mengwi, the travel group from Central Java, Bedugul & Lake Bratan, the mountains & Git Git Falls, Linggo Beach for lunch, Singaraja (the old Dutch capital), Lovina and the hot springs and a quick trip home to the Inn.

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