April 27 Bali, second day

I think that we overnighted in Indonesia to allow many of the crew members to visit/be visited by their families.  Lots of turnover in the crew at this stop also.  We were up early and onto our bus by 7:30am to visit a temple and see some of the interior of the island.

Scenes along the way

 Gasoline by the liter.  Motorbikes were not quite as popular as they were in Vietnam, but pretty close.

Terraced rice fields appear all over the island

We stopped where a group of women were harvesting rice.  A chance to see rice in its natural setting, and not in the bag you get at the grocery.

 We stopped at a "typical" family home, which was actually an extended family of more than 20 people and four generations.

At the entrance there's an offering Cynthia explained in her cruisecritic post.  Similar offerings were in front of each of the vendor stalls in the port area.  A different item is placed at each of the cardinal points, with the green on top.

 

 Yes, this is all part of the family compound.  Every family has their own shrine.

We pulled off at an overlook to see the valley of rice fields below.  An enterprising herpetologist had a menagerie to show off for us. 

 Civet, probably digesting coffee beans

 The Pura Ulun Danu Beratan, which appears on the Indonesian 100000 note.  (Indonesian Rupiah go for about 13K to the dollar, so it's not a lot of money.)

 We passed more instances of farming on the way back. 

Here's a family plot preparing for cucumbers.

 A monkey preserve by the side of the road. 

 The sail out from Bali was beautiful, and tricky for the captain