Munduk - Hills of Coffee and Cloves

We traveled north to the coffee and clove plantations of Munduk. Previously, I'd been driving around on a moped, but for this longer journey I decided to rent a Suzuki jeep. Driving in Bali is pure madness, here's an excerpt from my journal to further enlighten:

Driving in Bali feels like playing Russian Roulette with tens of thousands of very eager participants especially, when travelling by moped, the vehicular version of the fly. One swat, and its game over. In the case of the locals, who cart both their immediate and extended family on these machines like they're couches on wheels, an accident for them eliminates a surname or two from the white pages.
















Rice terraces on the way up to Munduk.



















Clouded view from Munduk















Ngiring Ngewedang, a coffee house that also produces its own coffee.




















A $2 feast of delicious home grown guacamole.



















Releasing a bit of pent up road rage with a creature right outta of "Where the Wild Things Are".



















Danau Tamblingan Lake














A chick magnet, that would surely work wonders on Payette Lake.



















Local temple






































Avian Flu proof cages - if only the rest of the world new such a thing existed.














Waterfall in Munduk

































The masterpiece, which adorned our room in Munduk.














The lakes of Danau Buyan and Danau Tamblingan




























Best place for a break, the Strawberry Stop, pure glasses of organic strawberry juice for only 70 cents.... I had three.