Bali 2013: Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4
After getting about 3 hours of sleep, we left our hotel at 2am to head to Mount Batur. It was about a 2hr drive and when we arrived everyone was practically asleep but we proceeded to climb the the steep volcano. It was cold but we were all sweating by the time we reach the top. We watched the sunrise from the crater and our guides steamed eggs and fruit in the steam from the volcano. On the way down we encountered a group of monkeys who seemed accustomed to receiving food from tourists. The scenery was amazing.
We descended the mountain and our driver took us to a nearby Coffee Plantation where were able to tour the plantation and see the roasting and grinding process first hand. We sampled tea, coffee and chocolate that were made there and bought coffee, tea, spices, tobacco and chocolate from the outdoor shop. None of us were interested in the Luwak coffee though.
We went to eat at an outdoor Indonesian restaurant with an open view of rice fields. After lunch we stopped at some different rice paddies and were met by two women selling Sarongs. I bought one from one of the women which upset her friend. Before we left, I bought a sarong from the second woman for about 5 dollars after being berated in Indonesian.
We spent the rest of the day at the resort and I finally found some cool Bali shirts at a Billabong in Nusa Dua near our resort. Go figure.
One of the guides who led us up Mt. Batur Rice Paddies Rice Paddies Rice Paddies Ken and Sophie at the Santi shop Spices at the Santi shop Trying Chocolate at the Santi shop Luwak Coffee Coffee and tea samples Tyler watches Ken try coffee Coffee and tea samples Coffee grinder at Coffee Plantation Roasting at Coffee Plantation Worker at Santi Coffee Plantation Luwak (Civet) at Santi Coffee Plantation Santi Coffee Plantation Santi Coffee Plantation Santi Coffee Plantation Balinese Home View near the bottom Giant Spider on the way down Looking up Trekking back down Ken Ken and Stacey Small lodge at the top of the mountain View from the top Our guide and Ken at the top of the mountain View from the top View from the top View from the top Family photo Monkey Tyler feeding skeptical monkey Monkey Monkey Monkey Monkeys on Mt Batur Man and Dog on Mt Batur Our Guide draws Mt Batur Misty Path Morning Mist Mt Batur Hot Coffee Sunrise Mt Batur Stacey and Soph Sunrise Mt Batur Tyler on Mt Batur Ken and Stacey on Mt Batur