Visiting the waterfall at Tegehungan Bali-part II

After finishing my drink I said goodbye to the kids and strolled down the hill to the river below. Arriving first of all on my motorbike I was asked for a donation at a roadblock by 2 locals. I gave 5,000rp, as it was the only change I had, but what the heck, its 50 cents US so I'm not crying too much. At least they leave you alone when you walk down. At the bottom of the steps, which took about 3 minutes to descend, was a small temple. Walking around the side I saw spouts of water coming out of the wall, obviously a place where locals got the holy water. I also saw a 60-year-old lady taking a mandi (bath), though I resisted the urge to take photos.

A short walk around the corner took me to a vantagepoint where I could see the waterfall again. I was followed by 2 Japanese tourists and their guide. This whole area is inside a small valley and it would be great to try to hike along the length of it to see what I could discover. Walking back up the hill past the temple an elderly woman trod slowly up the hill carrying a full bucket of water on her head. She stopped and we talked. She told me she was using the water for cooking. I thought of offering to carry it for her but then realized I could not balance the very-full bucket on my head without spilling a good part of it. Instead I followed a trail off of the steps and came to a rockslide. The slate had flaked off the side of a hill and there was a man there busily shaping slabs of slate for building. I crept upon him without him realizing and he told me he used it for building. Quite interesting and a hard way to go. This guy had fixed himself a shade from the sun and was making his bricks out of large chunks of slate, chopping them with an axe. Seems like hard labor to me, but in Indonesia you have to do what you can to get by.