Bali-Uluwatu
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Playing on the street
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On the way to Lombok Island
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Lombok Island from afar
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Out and alone
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Sunset on the top of the ferry
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Sunset on the top of the ferry
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Sunset on the top of the ferry
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Morning Sunrise on the way to Ridjani Volcano! A Prelude to a long hiking day!
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Gunung Ridjani revealing itself from the darkness
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Sunrise giving incredible colors to the countryside
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Preparing for the Hike at the base camp, with an awesome view on the valley
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Getting ready for the hike with the lines of the lonely planet echoing in the ears "long and challenging hike" whatever!
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A rather tensed kitty frightened by a big but peaceful dog.
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Follow the guide!
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Here's where all started!
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"Approaching" the top one painstaking step after the other!
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And watching the deconcerting ease of the porters, relentlessly hiking up at a steady pace
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Lunch break!
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Part of the experience is the compulsary help of porters to carry tents and food at amazing speed, powered by old and battered flip flops!
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In nature
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Having a break half way through
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As we climb the volcano, air becomes cold and humid and the path is dark
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Vegetation changes hours after hours of hike
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Finally up! The Hike is tough but the feeling once up the 3726m is well worth it!
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Setting up the tents before night on top of the clouds
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Gunung Ridjani!
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Gunung Ridjani, which last erupted in May 2010.
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Sunset enchantment
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Sunset over the clouds where Bali's Gunung Batur waves goodbye
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Tents for tourists, and tent for the porters. Spot the difference!
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Proud and happy to be on top!
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Sunset
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Sunset
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Sunset
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Sunset
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Preparing for dinner
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And saying goodbye to neighbour Gunung Batur in bali
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Preparing for descent!
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This fellow will stay on top for the next batch of visitors!
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Waking up!
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On the boat to the beach!
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Waiting for the boat to Gili
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On Gili island
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What we were promesed! Sun, beach and warm clear waters to rest our tires limbs
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Bringing up the essential: Bintang
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Chariot racing before night
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Reeeest!
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Enjoying the island to its fullest
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Watching tourists passing by!
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Future sailors
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On the way back to Bali
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Bali's traditional Dancing, a mesmerising show
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Not everybody enjoys it tough! Maybe a tiny bit repetitive!
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Surely there are better things to do than watch the older sister getting all excited on stage!
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THE hero cat, responsable for the most expensive poo in thew world for the most exensive coffee in the world!
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Red for danger
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Gunung Batur from afar
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Stopping in small villages and witnessing Balinese peacefulness!
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Rice paddies around Ubud
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The sacred tree
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Ubud's Monkey Forest is an impressive sanctuary where hundreds of monkeys enjoy stealing things off tourists
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Wet and busy
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Ubud's Monkey Forest
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Ubud's Monkey Forest
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Ubud's Monkey Forest
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Ubud's Monkey Forest
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Wastching the sunrise from gunung batur
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Spending Indonesia's national day sunrise on top of Bali most famous volcano
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Waving good morning to Gunung Ridjani on Mount Batur (and to the freezing - humid - cramped tourists up there!)
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Indonesia!
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Walking on the rim of the volcano
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Rice paddies
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Landing on waves at Jimbaran beach
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Ulu Watu's amazing coast lines where huge waves crash violently against tall cliffs
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Surfing one of the world's top spots
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Ulu Watu's sunset
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Have I got something on the nose?
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