Yesterday we were in Senggigi. I took a couple pictures but won’t share them with anyone. That was the filthiest city I have ever seen. And it looked like the unemployment rate had to be well over 50%. All afternoon people were just sitting around doing nothing. Meanwhile there was trash on the ground and in the streams everywhere. This was a very Muslim region of Indonesia. There was a Mosque every kilometer it seemed. They were mostly well decorated but many had severe earthquake damage from last August. Enough! On to Bali.
Bali is very much a resort area. Lots of beaches, boating and summer sports.
Last year we saw the Italian Hydro Fly Championship in Puglia, Italy. This year we got to watch a least some Hydro Fly in Indonesia. I don’t think it was any competition. Just for fun. Plus there were many parasailing boats. All kind of fun. And clean!
Our excursion was to visit the Arts and Crafts area. So we drove through some of the region which is very Buddhist. The architecture was completely different from yesterday. We stopped at a wood carver where we could watch them carve – boring. Or we could look through there shop to buy something. It was beautiful but very expensive. We bought nothing. Then we went to a Batik Fabric Factory. We could watch them sort of showing how the fabric is prepared using wax prior to dying the cloth. Too difficult to explain unless you are into Batik Fabric. Then we went into their shop and bought. So we have 4 one meter pieces of fabric.
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