Bali-North Coast

We took a car and driver (Eddie) for the day and headed off to the North Coast of Bali, we travelled through some great scenery coming through the mountains and were shown through some local plantations where we learnt of coffee making procedures and looked at different crops that are grown in the regions. We saw  another Luwak which eats coffee beans but is not able to fully process them and the "processed" beans are collected and further treated into a highly prized bean which makes the most expensive coffee. 

Oh!  to share a bean one way or another .....

The local economy means that at every feature there are local people congregating to hawk goods or services, it is annoying when you don't want their attention - but you are also aware that this is the only way they have to make a living in many cases. 

We travelled up to Singaraja, passed the Candi Kuning Markets, the floating temple at Pura Ulun Danu Bratan with the floating temple.

The floating temple at Pura Ulun Danu 

It was warm and Helena enjoyed looking out over the lake.

We visited the Gitgit Waterfalls followed by lunch at Lovina Beach. It's a beautiful area - reasonably clean and slightly cooler than the Southern parts of Bali.

We both loved the area

The water at Gitgit falls comes from two sources - the mountain and the natural springs.