Candikung - Botanical Gardens and a Lake with a Temple

The botanical gardens looked like a jungle fit for dinosaurs.

















































Sam harnessing her inner light



















This is all one massive tree - its so strange that it has multiple trunks



















While Indonesian temples are not nearly as intricate as those found in Thailand, they make up for it with their "balls to the wall" statues.




















A corn lawn ornament that would be at home in Meridian



















Woke up at the crack of dawn, and paddled the Danau Bratan to see the Pura Ulun Danu Bratan Temple, because Lonely Planet told me it would be a "surreal experience"....it was cold, I was tired, and temple looked just like it did in the afternoon.

On the way to the temple - the towering structure in the photo is a local mosque.















Very eager to see the temple, & then paddle quickly back to bed.














The Pura Ulun Danu Bratan Temple

For a surreal experience look at the back of a 50000 Rupiah note.

Our guesthouse, located right on the banks of the Danau Bratan. It was a bit expensive for my tastes at $10 a night, but sometimes you just gotta live large.