Bali: Day 4

Our 4th day in Bali started with furniture buying. We hired our driver from our other shopping excursion again and had him pick us up at our hotel in the morning. By lunch time we were hungry and poorer, but up 3 dining room tables, 2 benches, a coffee table and kitchen table! Note: only 1 dining room table was mine. :)

The afternoon for Erin and I was filled with a tour that we signed up for through our hotel. We were visiting 3 different locations. First, we stopped at a traditional Balinese temple. This one was the Royal Family Temple. It was neat, but I'm a little templed out after living in Japan for 2 years. We spent less than an hour there, got some pictures and moved on.

I'm glad this rule was on the honor system:

Next stop- monkeys! We stopped at the Monkey Sanctuary and enjoyed more baby monkeys. When we bought our tickets we were greeted by a lady in an official looking outfit with a nametag. We figured we didn't need a tour guide, but if it's free, why not!? We started our walk through the sanctuary asking her questions like, "How long do the monkeys live?" "How old are these baby monkeys?" We got answers like, "Probably 15 years or more" and "Maybe 6 months or older." Interesting....interestingly vague, but whatever.

We got to the end our of walk when our "tour guide" urged us to stop in her shop! Ahhh, I see now. "Please buy something so I can make offering". "You are first person in shop today, I give you good price." Yeah, yeah, lady we get it. Thanks for the crappy tour!

Our last stop was to Tanah Lot. It is also known as Temple on the Rock. It was pretty crowded because we arrived about an hour before sunset which is the most popular time to visit. We couldn't actually access the temple because we're not Hindu, but the sunset was still pretty breathtaking.

Another day in paradise. Are you tired of hearing about my trip yet? Only 2 more weeks to go!