Some of the least gory photos I took of the Tana Toraja bull sacrifice. For the really bloody ones, see me after the trip.
Well, I was hoping get even more pictures up today, since we're in Kuta (the big tourist city in Bali) and it seemed like this connection was pretty fast, but the upload is crawling along so I might be stuck with just these. We're way behind on posting pictures, which is unfortunate, because we have some great shots I wanted to get up here. Also now we're heading to Flores (I did manage to update the map already if you want to see where that is) and it's a bit more rustic so we'll be lucky if we can even post at all, much less upload photos. Too bad.
We've spent the last couple of days in Kuta, Bali, basically just killing time until our trip to Flores. It was hard to get a flight, everything was sold out for days. In fact, we got the last two seats available on tomorrow's flight.
We went to Kuta because we hadn't seen it yet and because Bali's premier surf sites are nearby, which we didn't get a chance to see last time around. Although Kuta might as well be a western city, it does have its charms, like the killer beaches and cheap beer. Today we rented a moto (which we also did our last day in Ubud, spinning throught the nearby rice fields) and cruised down to Uluwatu temple and surf beach, then headed up to the 'Dreamland' surf spot. It was pretty amazing, watching the top-notch surfers ride some killer waves. Uluwatu looked particularly harrowing, but everyone who had the guts to get out there was tearing it up. I was jealous, so at Dreamland I rented a boogie board and tried to catch a few of the easier waves. It was still too much for my skills, though, and I ended up eating water and scratching my legs & feet up a bit on some rocks. No big deal but I might be done with the surf-related sports. I have too much respect for the ocean.
One other note: driving a moto around Kuta is not the easiest task in the world. A bit stressful. But I handled it well.
We're looking forward to Flores--back to 'off the beaten track.' That's how we like it.
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If you kids are still in Ubud: I need Bali pants (I gave mine to my sister; Jason- pay no more that 30,000 rupiah!) and have that reclining Buddha sent to Jonny, I'll put it on my credit card. I am tired of hearing him whine about not getting it when he was there.
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