Uluwatu Sunset

The second place I was really looking forward to visit was the cliffs at Pura Luhur Uluwatu after looking at the pictures taken of the area.

This area is the southermost tip of Bali, and apparently is a small village with the temple itself perched on top of the cliff. This was the last stop on Day 4, and took nearly 2.5 hours of driving from Gitgit waterfall to reach (Ling and myself slept for most of the journey there LOL).

Upon reaching the entrance of the temple complex, we had a choice of going left or right, with both offering dramatically different points of view. I asked for a recommendation, and Dewa “The Best Driver in Bali” Marco said we could try going right first to see the sunset and cliff formation. The photos on the Flickr album of the rocks / cliff formationwere all taken from that side.

Ling wanted to check out the left side though as she’d visited the Wikitravel page and remarked that the view point as different from where we were at. So, we backtracked to the entrance, this time taking the left path. This picture on the other hand was taken at about 7 pm on the left side. Interestingly, most of the tourists had left the compound by this time, with only the locals still hanging around in the area.

Oh yeah, Dewa Marco had many interesting tips for us in this area, and one especially; “Hold on to your glasses”! The monkeys here are a lot more vicious than the Monkey Sanctuary ones, and are quite adept at stealing small items, including spectacles. In fact, he offered to carry our Manfrotto tripod so I had a free hand (my other hand cradles the D300) to hold onto my glasses.:)

We were dead beat by the time we got back to the Villa at 8:30 pm, but instead of turning it was back to working on the photos you see here. We both zonked out just past midnight to prep for the next long day at the Bali Botanic Gardens, Bali Bird Park, and the Bali Hyatt Gardens.:)