Images of Bali

Bali in Pictures

We spent 18 days in Bali and saw a lot of interesting and sometimes unusual things. We tried to capture as much of both the beauty and the dirt as we could. Too bad we couldn't capture the smell though — there's nothing else quite like it.

Villa Pukakoo

Villa Pukakoo

Roosters in Baskets, I

Roosters in Baskets, II

Rice Paddy

Almost ready for harvest.

Trash

Dump it anywhere along the road.

Eggs

A lot of eggs.

Streetside Temple

Hazardous Sidewalk

Typical Warung

Late Afternoon Prayer Begins

Rice Paddy

Ants

They're everywhere.

Canang Sari

Canang Sari

Outside Semar Kuning I

Coffee Plant

Balinese Coffee Plantation

Green Coffee Cherries

Asian Palm Civet

Prisoner for my poop.

Asian Palm Civet

Wants to be free.

Kopi Luwak

Pre-roasted.

Kopi Luwak, Ground

Coffee Roasting

Coffee Roasting Stove

Coffee Grinder

Tea & Coffee Sampling

Tea & Coffee Sampling

Kopi Luwak

Grounds

Tea & Coffee for Sale

Lunch at Teba Sari Resto

Pura Taman Ayun

Temple Guardian

Pura Taman Ayun

Temple Guardian

Pura Taman Ayun

Cockfight Diorama

Pura Taman Ayun

Pura Taman Ayun

Sorry, Ladies

Candi bentar (split gate)

Pura Taman Ayun

Temple Guardian

Pura Taman Ayun

Door closed to foreigners.

Pura Taman Ayun

Lily pads at the water temple.

Pura Taman Ayun

Temple Cat

Pura Taman Ayun

Pelinggih Meru

Pura Taman Ayun

Temple Guardian

Pura Taman Ayun

Temple Cat

Pura Taman Ayun

Crass commercialism

Tanah Lot

Entrance to Tanah Lot

Entrance to Tanah Lot

(Detail).

Temple Guardian

Tanah Lot

Tanah Lot

Tanah Lot

Silhouettes at the Temple

Tanah Lot

Holy Snake

Tanah Lot

Tanah Lot

Keeping things pure.

Tanah Lot

Tanah Lot

Pura Batu Bolong

Sunset at Tanah Lot

Canang sari in the bushes.

Discarded canang sari.

Come on in, we don't bite.

No, maybe laer then.

Everywhere you look ...

Bottle openers.

Canang sari.

Ubud Village Street

Just up the road from the Monkey Forest.

Motorbike sun-shades.

Polo is popular in Bali.

There are no fewer than five Polo stores in Ubud Village.

A rural experience.

Motorbikes, tiny cars.

Canang sari.

Bottles.

Roosters in baskets.

On the edge of the football field.

Pondok Pekak Library

Pondok Pekak Library

Pondok Pekak Library

A river runs through town.

People throw trash in it.

Bali street

Bali rooftops.

Restaurant on a motorbike.

DQ

Limited menu.

Bali police.

Truck full of people.

Restaurant on a motorbike.

Ubud football field.

Frog on the wall.

Snake at the pool.

Orchid

Hungry cat.

Speedy motorbike.

Smoke.

Breakfast.

Shrine at a home.

Bali traffic.

Elephant crossing.

Elephant.

Sun bear at the chocolate factory.

Cacao Pod

Inside the cacao pod

Fermenting cacao beans.

Fermenting cacao beans

Fermenting cacao beans

Drying cacao beans

Cacao bean, ready for grinding.

Cacao beans, dried.

Chocolate-making machinery.

This machine separates the ground cacao bean from the other skin.

Cacao nibs.

After grinding, beans become nibs.

Cacao pod

The stages of chocolate-making.

Ready to make some chocolate.

Ready for the mix-ins.

Petrol warung.

Rice paddy scarecrow

Rice paddy scarecrow

Petrol warung

Something's always burning in Bali

Working the rice fields

Rice paddies, fire.

Rice paddy sprouts

Caution: Ceremony ahead.

Cow.

Barong Enters

Barong

Dancers at the Barong Dance

Rangda

Barong and warrior.

Batik

Batik process.

Weaving

Silversmithing

Room of silversmiths.

Silversmithing

Silversmith stations.

Smithed silver jewelry.

Polishing station

Polishing station

Crazy statuary on the Silver & Gold building

Bringing out the canang sari

Woodcarvers

Monkey

Give us back our trees.

Monkeys will take your stuff.

Monkeys eating bananas.

Monkey eating banana.

Just smell that banana.

Monkey with a water bottle.

Feeding monkeys.

Bad idea.

Feeding monkeys.

Monkey education.

This, son, is how you peel the skin off the human after hitting it in the head with a rock.

Monkey.

Sure, it looks serene. But it's a deception.

Monkey grooming

Scary monkey

The fattest monkey in the forest.

Monkey crossing

Creepy monkey statue

Monkey family statue

Rangda at the Cremation Temple

Monkey grooming

The caged bird does sing.

Pondok Pekak library

Chickens and chicks.

Jewelry-making class.

Another Eat Pray Love reference.

Ho hum.

Petrol Warung

Arjuna standing guard

Entrance to Ubud Village

Temple repair

Komodo dragon statue

Ganesha

Heavy load.

Women carry many things on their heads. But these women carried buckets of rocks away from a construction site on their heads.

Carrying rocks.

Coco Supermarket

Scary Monkey Statue

Dangerous Bali Sidewalk

Motorbike for Rent

Wi-Fi No Skype!

Rooster

Temple closed.

Placing the canang sari.

Dangerous sidewalk

Dangerous sidewalk

California Dreaming in Bali

Football

Meal on Wheels

Babi guling

Frog statue

Motorbikes, facemasks

Local warung

Burning trash

Rice fields in harvest

Harvested rice

Mechanic

Warung - Temple - Warung

With scooter

Frangipani

Frog in a piano

The only elephant at the elephant temple

Rocks at the Elephant Cave

Holy baths at the Elephant Cave

Fish in the baths.

Elephant Cave

At the mouth of the Elephant Cave

Elephant Cave

Serenity at the Elephant Cave

Stairs at the Elephant Cave

Trash at the Elephant Cave

Faces at the Elephant Cave

Faces at the Elephant Cave

Farming in Bali

Tight Squeeze

Very Tight Squeeze

Anything on a motorbike

Saw blades.

Eggs by the road

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Subak in effect at Jatiluwih

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Fishing Boys at Jatiluwih

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Not Rice ...

... at Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Flowing Water

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Irrigation

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Subak ...

... at Jatiluwih Rice Fields

Picking up the eggs.

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Tom Fassbender is a writer of things with a strong adventurous streak. He also drinks coffee.

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