Nearly every day I find some excuse to walk the 4+kilometers in to Ubud; and every day I answer the question "Transport??" with "Walking."
"Oh, jalan-jalan."
Not sure why the repetition, Hati-Hati is attention. And jalan-jalan definitely requires a lot of hati-hati to avoid screaming scooters and roaming dogs.
I thought you might like a look at some people and things I have encountered on my walks.
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Could he want to preserve his smooth skin?
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Stained glass bicycle wheels?
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Mom's everywhere schlep kids to school.
Not always with 4ft offerings though. |
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| Mega offerings for a mega ceremony. |
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The canal walls are trimmed regularly
and the greenery is packed up for the livestock. |
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| Never know when you'll run into a Rangda. |
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Tilling the field the 'modern way' with a 2-stroke rather than a cow.
The egrets are ready to gobble anything that gets
turned up, including: worms, frogs, snakes, rats and eels, |
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Protecting the palace during
preparations for the Royal cremation. |
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| Nothing like an ice cream after a big ceremony! |
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| Prepping for the mass cremation on the 22nd. |
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| No idea! How did this car even get on this island! |
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Although Balinese are not Buddhists, they believe in giving 'em what they want.
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| Dogs ride free. |
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There are carts for every kind of food, but this
is the first ever coffee cart in trend-setting Ubud. |
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| No worries honey, I'll pick up a chicken for dinner. |
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| 4pm is the start of bath time. |
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| Some gestures need no translation. |
