Monday, May 14, 2007

Uluwatu - Kuta - Tanat Lot

We started off the day to Pura Luhur Uluwatu, one of bali most important sea temples. The 11th century temple stands on a tiny promontory 70m above crashing waves of the Indian ocean. The scenery on top of the cliff is simply breathtaking! Look out for those mischeivous monkeys who are known to snatch specs, sunglasses, caps from tourists. At the entrance, we also overheard tour guides telling people to be wary of those monkeys in case they strike on you.

The small temple you see in the background is Uluwatu temple.















Monkey busy eating, so didnt come and bother us.





























I read from somewhere, the scenery is being compared to Australia's Great Ocean Road.




Next stop - Kuta, the surfer's beach, the prime tourist area. Nothing much to do there actually, the shops were more or less selling the same stuff, keep seeing Polo Ralph shops and you have Hard Rock cafe, Starbucks.








Tanot Lot - the most famous of the sea temples. The sanctuary temple is 15th century old and sits along the bali south coast, one of the must-see sights in Bali. Everyone usually come here to see the sunset, its a pity my other shots didnt turn out well, so only this one to show.












We rounded up the night with a seafood dinner at Jimbaran. We ordered squid, prawns and seabass. The grilled seabass was nice but the prawns and squid so-so, abit pricey though. However the nice experience of dining on the beach, acccompanied by the sound of waves brushing through the shores, more than makes up for it.

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