tenganan village
daniel’s take: well, it was really fun finding the entrances. The entrance to the town looked cool , pretty. It was like a castle, with a wall around it, with a little opening door. One opening in front. Instead of a moat, it was a town. It was cool to see the way they new types of games, and what was really cool was that I’m not sure if it was like other towns too, instead of soccer balls, they used coconuts. It was brown and hollow. It was cool to see a new way to knit (weave).
Dave: my favorite part of the village was watching Daniel share his toys and pencils and stuff with all the other kids. And I also liked watching 2 of the kids fly kites. And I loved watching the woman carve the scenes on the palm fronds, which was the first paper they ever used.
daniel’s take: well, it was really fun finding the entrances. The entrance to the town looked cool , pretty. It was like a castle, with a wall around it, with a little opening door. One opening in front. Instead of a moat, it was a town. It was cool to see the way they new types of games, and what was really cool was that I’m not sure if it was like other towns too, instead of soccer balls, they used coconuts. It was brown and hollow. It was cool to see a new way to knit (weave).
Dave: my favorite part of the village was watching Daniel share his toys and pencils and stuff with all the other kids. And I also liked watching 2 of the kids fly kites. And I loved watching the woman carve the scenes on the palm fronds, which was the first paper they ever used.
Goa Lawah (the bat cave)
daniel’s take: The bat cave was really cool and fun. I made daddy go up as close as you were allowed to - half a foot before they let you go in further, but he really was freaked out. The cave led all the way to besikah (17 km away) and mommy made a joke asking him if he wasnted to take that route to go to the besikah temple. I’m sure you know this, but if you don’t, my dad hates bats and we were suggesting he go 50 meters in a cave with 2 million bats. At 6:30 , 2 million bats swarm out of the cave to go find food. We were making a joke, on our way out, about coming back at 6:20 to see them all swarm out. I knew he was kidding. I wanted to ask if I could buy the cave in live in there, carve the rocks and bring some mattresses and pillows.
Dave: this was just terrifying. I will never go and watch 2 million bats fly out at night. Daniel says, “oh yes you will. “
daniel’s take: The bat cave was really cool and fun. I made daddy go up as close as you were allowed to - half a foot before they let you go in further, but he really was freaked out. The cave led all the way to besikah (17 km away) and mommy made a joke asking him if he wasnted to take that route to go to the besikah temple. I’m sure you know this, but if you don’t, my dad hates bats and we were suggesting he go 50 meters in a cave with 2 million bats. At 6:30 , 2 million bats swarm out of the cave to go find food. We were making a joke, on our way out, about coming back at 6:20 to see them all swarm out. I knew he was kidding. I wanted to ask if I could buy the cave in live in there, carve the rocks and bring some mattresses and pillows.
Dave: this was just terrifying. I will never go and watch 2 million bats fly out at night. Daniel says, “oh yes you will. “
I, too, went to Tengganan! It's fun in my head to picture where you have been. I purchased a hand made scroll from one of the elder men. Wish I could have stayed there a little longer. Our hotel was on Jimbaran beach and had a bunch of beautiful pools! So glad you three are having a great time and great adventures! See you soon!
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