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That beautiful wing. Where would we be without it? |
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The big cloud. |
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Empty seats in the Airbus A300. |
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No waiting crowds at the airport. |
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The Bali style reception desk at the Bali Agung Village. |
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Garden between the cottages at Bali Agung Village. |
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Big
hopper
in
the
gardens.
He's
about
75mm
(3
inches)
long. In the morning he was gone - and so was most of the leaf. |
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Small flowers in the Village gardens. These are actually about 10mm (half an inch) across. |
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Deserted Tuban beach. |
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Very quiet Jl Pantai Kuta at midday. |
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Empty Kuta beach. This sand would normally be covered with bodies - both covered and uncovered. |
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The resident cat and family at the Tekor Bali Que restaurant in Jl Sahadewa in Legian. |
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Cha Cha, the resident hound of the Pantai Restaurant which is right on the beach at Tuban. |
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Girls
working
at
Tuban
Beach. The black crocheted hat is for Daughter No1 who had had her head shaved to raise money for a leukaemia fund raiser. |
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Golden Net internet shop in Jl Wana Segara, Tuban. |
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Sunset at the Balihai Resort, Tuban. |
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Beautiful dancer at the Bali Theme Night Dinner in the Balihai Resort and Spa at Tuban. |
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Early morning fishermen in the surf at Seminyak. |
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Aduh and Poppy on the beach at Seminyak. |
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Decorative limestone walls are fairly common in the secluded environs of Seminyak and display the craftsmanship of local workers. |
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Sunset at Sammi and Sussi's on the beach at Legian. |
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Mimi
and
her
pups
at
Seminyak. Photo: Rodney Parker. |
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The
old
boat
builder
of
Jimbaran
Bay. The embarrassing tins of Epoxy A and Epoxy B are those with the red and blue printed labels on the bench just behind him. |
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At the edges of his narrow lean-to, the alang-alang grass roof is just above his head. You can see how the edge rests on the roof of the boat shelter next door. |
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The
Jimbaran
Beach
fishing
fleet
moorings
with
the
airport
runway
extension
out
into
the
bay
showing
as
a
black
line
on
the
right
horizon. The small boat near the shore is known as a 'sampan'. It is mainly used to take the crew out to the larger boats but as it has no outrigger on one side it is also used for fishing when throwing a round casting net with weights around the edge. The net is pulled in to the side of the sampan which does not have the outrigger float. |
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The more 'Javanese' style fishing boat with the straight stem is in the centre foreground. Large versions of this style are ocean-going and when they are old and worn out they become the 'people smuggler' boats known to Australians. The rounder bow, lapped plank boats on either side of this one are the Buginese or 'Balinese' style . The smaller, white fibreglass boat in the centre right is quite an anomaly. |
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The
huge
bronze
statue
at
the
GWK
Cultural
Park
based
in
an
ancient
limestone
quarry
on
the
slopes
of
the
Bukit
Peninsula
south
of
Jimbaran. Each sheet of bronze is individually beaten into the required profile and then fitted to the edges of the neighbouring sheets before being welded to them and to an internal steel supporting framework. |
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The
walls
and
'floor'
of
the
quarry
make
a
huge
amphitheatre
complementing
the
scale
of
the
statues. The head of the mythical Garuda bird is on the upper level at the centre. |
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The
Garuda
head.
Notice the size of the two people at its base to the right. The brown stains around the base are streaks of iron rust from the internal supporting framework which has not yet been sealed from the weather. |
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A peaceful retreat within the Cultural Park. |
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Children
singing
to
welcome
us
to
the
Hope
Children's
Home. The boy who would rather be somewhere else is just disappearing into the wings of the stage at top right. |
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Sanur Beach (this part is more accurately called Sindhu Beach) is really beautiful after its cleanup and renovation, at least as nice as Nusa Dua. |
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The hat from Sindhu Beach markets, the one that I couldn't get lost in, also caught the eye of the Charlotte the cat. |
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There are more pictures of the more distant travels we took on this holiday at RushedPictures2, around Candi Dasa near the east coast. |
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This link will take you to the third set of photos relating to the 'Rushed Trip' story around the east coast and the central highlands. |
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This link will take you to the story, 'A Rushed Trip To Bali'. |
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This link will take you to the list of other material on our Home Page. |
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