Articles tagged ‘Kintamani Area Guide’
Hiking the rim of Batur crater in Kintamani Bali: part IV
By Nick | August 18th, 2005 |
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A local kid aged about 16 attached himself to me and walked me down to the orange groves. He showed me the trailhead was and I made a deal. Telling him I wanted to be 'sendiri' (alone) I gave him 7,000rp and thanked him for his help. Its always dodgy in this kind of situation. [...]
Hiking the rim of Batur crater in Kintamani Bali: part III
By Nick | August 18th, 2005 | 3 Comments »
Riding continuously without detours my ride from Kedisan to Blandingan should take no more than an hour. Steep hills and the occasional village popping out among a sea of orange groves. Finally after getting local directions I made it to the end of the road, Blandingan. Right there at the top of the narrow main [...]
Hiking the rim of Batur crater in Kintamani Bali: part II
By Nick | August 17th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
Carrying on to the end of the main road I came to Penulisan, the location of the 'highest temple in Bali', Pura Puncak Penulisan. The road carries around to the left, buy I went straight and after another kilometer had some choices to make. I picked right and managed to get well lost driving the [...]
Hiking the rim of Batur crater in Kintamani Bali: part I
By Nick | August 17th, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Monday morning I got up at the guest house to a blazing sunny day. The dump trucks were already in full swing patrolling the road past and some of the trekkers to Mt. Batur were returning after their 4am start. My goal was to check out the back of the caldera a look for a [...]
Pura Ulun Danau Batur at Kintamani Bali
By Nick | August 16th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
The temple inside the crater at the side of Lake Batur is called Pura Ulun Danau Batur. When I checked it out and walked around the side I thought it was beautiful, especially the multi-tiered meru along the northern edge. The temple is pre-Majapahit, meaning its was built before the arrival of the Majapahit empire [...]
Hiking up the crater rim at Pura Ulun Danau Batur
By Nick | August 16th, 2005 | 7 Comments »
The prohibitive prices and aggressive atmosphere associated with hiking Mt. Batur made me decide to look for another cool hike. I found one on the north end of the crater rim. Right at the end of the road in Pura Ulun Danau Batur. After parking and snapping a couple of photos of the lovely temple, [...]
The Bali Aga at Mt. Batur Bali
By Nick | August 16th, 2005 | 1 Comment »
The Bali Aga supposedly the original inhabitants of Bali. Across SE Asia there is a lot of argument over who was the first in various places, (the Bumiputra in Malaysia). I remember once on a train in Thailand I saw a Thai local was Negroid with her child. Obviously in many cases the original inhabitants [...]
Checking out the odalan ceremony in Songan Bali
By Nick | August 16th, 2005 | 1 Comment »
The village of Songan is rather small but does have a couple of streets and a nice temple next to the lake. Pura Desa Songan was packed with people and not having a sash with me I didn't venture inside. Outside I chatted with locals and confirmed with one older man that this was the [...]
Hiking Mt. Batur in Kintamani Bali
By Nick | August 16th, 2005 | 2 Comments »
The volcano that sits inside the crater is (Gunung) Mt. Batur, along with Lake Batur. I hiked the mountain in 1993 and back then local guides would offer their services. We hired a guide and agreed to buy some drinks from him when we reached the summit, in time to see the sunrise. Times have [...]
Odalan ceremony in Songan Bali
By Nick | August 16th, 2005 | Add a Comment »
Since the Mountain Mafia has taken control of Mt. Batur and I wasn't going to climb it, I decided to check out another cool little hike with a view. By riding around the western side of Lake Batur you come to the village of Songan. Another mile or so you come to the lovely temple [...]
