Indonesia - 2006


	Indonesia (2006)

Photos per year (number): 1998 (284) 1999 (693) 2005 (54) 2006 (162) 2008 (14)


Tea ceremony for Japanese tourists	Maya Ubud dining area	Paddy fields near Gunung Kawi	Gunung Kawi temple	Gentle water near Gunung Kawi	The stream running through Gunung Kawi	Offerings	Temple carved in the hill of Gunung Kawi	More shrines in Gunung Kawi	Worshippers in Tirta Empul's waters

Bathing in Tirta Empul	Coming to a shrine in Tirta Empul	Lake Batur	Preparations for festivities	Decorations	Creating decorations	View of Lake Batur	Mount Batur	Making sculptures	Offerings to a statuette

Building new statues	Preparing for a ceremony	Batur Temple entrance	Inside Batur Temple	Cafe Lotus, Ubud	Lotus flower	Girls playing around	Details of a temple entrance	Kecak dance	The entranced dancer has finished walking in fire

Morning walk in Maya Ubud hotel	Calm of the morning countryside	Scarecrows in the paddy fields	Close-up on the bats	Constant activity and noise of bats in Goa Lawah	Goa Lawah's temple and bats	A proud owner of fighting cocks	Strange colour for these fighting cocks	New Tenganan village centre	Offerings to an old statuette

New Tenganan village from the top	Candi Dasa lotus pond	Candi Dasa boat by the sea	Women picking flowers	Interrupted by us while picking flowers	Flower collection in the fields	Paddy fields	Life in the paddy fields	Beautiful paddy field view	Distinctively beautiful rice terraces

Working in the paddy fields	Working the land	Women at work	Maya Ubud pool	Chairs by the pool	The pool - Maya Ubud	Maya Ubud pool	The pool of Maya Ubud	Another lovely area by the pool	Flowers and vegetation abound

Private villas of Maya Ubud	The view towards the Spa of Maya Ubud	Beautiful flower	The Spa area - Maya Ubud	Maya Ubud's second pool	A dragonfly at rest	What is this young girl doing?	Preparations for another cremation in Ubud	This is what it's all about!	The men wait to carry the huge tower

The transfer from the Peliatan temple to the procession will soon begin	A symbolic dragon	Parading princess	One of the guards awaits	Here come the dancers	The coffin arrives	Bringing the coffin out of the temple	Lifting the coffin to the tower	Tying the coffin to the tower	Riding the bull

The procession is about to begin	Princess being carried in the procession	Waiting for the rest of the procession	What is the rest of the procession doing?	Joking around between breaks	A kid rides on the bull cart	Carrying the load	Musicians in the procession	The priest	Presiding over part of the procession

Impressive procession	Trying to make it to the cemetary	The tower reaches the cemetary	Bringing down the gold at the top of the tower	Site of the burning in the cemetary	Bringing the coffin down from the tower to the bull	Opening up the bull to receive the corpse	Transferring the corpse into the bull	The bull is set on fire	Amazing flames of the cremation

Towards the end of the cremation	Goa Gajah temple	Statues of Goa Gajah	Kids on Ahmed Beach	A beach near Ahmed	Kids playing on the beach	Ahmed restaurant	Me in Ahmed	Perahu boats in Ahmed	Padangbai from the ferry

A boat in the Padangbai bay	Wehda on the ferry to Lombok	The ferry from Bali to Lombok	Dining at the Novotel Kuta Lombok	Novotel Kuta pool at night	Novotel Kuta beach	Towards the bay at Novotel Kuta	A Japanese couple walks away from local offers	Local children selling their wares	The bay and village near Novotel Kuta

Tanjung Aan beach	The sea near Kuta	Novotel Kuta Lombok	Close-up on the Novotel Kuta Lombok	The bay of Kuta Lombok	A fisherman crosses the lagoon	Fishermen come back with their catch	Fishermen huts on the beach near Kuta	Not much to see at the Pura Meru temple	A beautiful lone tree on top of a valley

Our first glimpse of the Jeruk Manis waterfall	Jeruk Manis waterfall	Jeruk Manis waterfall	Fly warming up on a strange tree	A glimpse of a black monkey	Three girls come to observe us	Quiet social life in the village of Sade	A young calf and its protective mother	A granary built in traditional Sasak style	Calf and cows

A woman asks me to take her picture	Preparing a meal	Traditional house in Sade village	Charm of Sade village	Novotel beach at sunset	Merpati flight from Lombok to Bali	International SOS clinic in Bali	Monkeys everywhere at Uluwatu	Child at a ceremony	Life's tough

Ceremony day at Uluwatu	Offerings by women	The procession	Uluwatu entrance	Cliffs of Uluwatu	Only monkeys can throw litter anywhere	Uluwatu temple on the cliff	The famous Tanah Lot temple	Next to Tanah Lot	Guarded paddy fields

Learning to dance	The waterfall... at last!