Thursday, December 26, 2013

Exotic Bali - Pura Ulun Danu Bratan (Day 3, 28 Aug 2013)

Happy boxing day! The new year seems to be around the corner very soon, as many New Year songs can be seen on the TV now. I still cannot adapt to the changes of the mood from Xmas feel to CNY feel so fast! However, I'm glad that I finally found a new job which offers me to go to Europe for a business trip maybe for a couple of months soon after CNY! A new year with new wishes, I wish that I will have a fresh start and a fresh mind in the coming new year! In addition, I hope I can forget the unhappy things and remember the happy moments from the past soon ~

So let me update this Bali trip in order to keep up the progress (as I still have 2 more trips to be shared in this blog)! After having our delicious strawberry desserts at Strawberry Stop at Bedugul, we quickly headed to Pura Ulun Danu Bratan (floating temple) which is quite near Strawberry Stop. This place is also quite high above the sea level, I feel the weather there is very cooling and comfortable for taking a walk there!

When we were there, we were lucky that there was a prayer ceremony happening in the temple! And I was able to capture some photos of the prayers of the ceremony! According to our driver, there are many prayer ceremonies in Bali around the year!

Entrance ticket of Pura Ulun Danu Bratan. Our driver was trying to help us to purchase tickets for local (with cheaper price), but the ticket counter staff seemed quite strict, so we only can get the tickets for foreigners

Information board of Pura Ulun Danu Bratan

Passed by a Balinese restaurant

Pura Ulun Danu Bratan temple door

Temple guidelines for the visitors

Ancient statue in the temple

Lucky to see the Balinese prayer ceremony in the temple!

Close up view of the Balinese prayers ceremony

Thanks to the Malaysian couple who helped me take this photo! (Oh my chubby face, I'm fatter now by 2 kg!! :S The result of eating too many snacks :P)

Pura Ulun Danu Bratan - Ancient beautiful floating temple

Pura Ulun Danu Bratan - The prayers have to walk through the water in order to enter the temple

Beautiful temple with beautiful flowers! Some locals fishing here too!

The weather at the place is quite cooling!

Another part of the temple

There is a big garden in the temple! Many beautiful flowers can be seen!

Cute little boys in the playground

A special type of flower which I haven't seen before!

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