Bali - Day 4

We left the hotel early today and headed off for breakfast. The place we originally wanted was closed so we settled for a sandwich place near by. It was definitely better than the place Hussein picked for us yesterday. Yesterday his choice for breakfast was a vegan place. Had I known it was vegan, I would’ve never agreed to it. I have nothing against vegans, but I have yet to go to a vegan place that had good food. My zucchini salad was tasteless, Hussein’s chickpea burger was only slightly better. L, on the other hand, loved it. I swear, I’ll never understand this girl’s sense of taste. Anyway, after breakfast we headed off to the DMZ museum.

The DMZ museum is a 3D trick-art museum. It’s quite extensive, with 8 or 9 rooms, and very nicely done. We had a lot of fun posing for pictures and I can’t wait to see how they turn out. Unfortunately, this laptop is a little old and slow, which is the main reason I haven’t uploaded any picture yet. I plan to some uploads as soon as I get home.

After the DMZ, we relaxed a bit at the hotel, hiding away from the heat. Today was the first day that the clouds really cleared and it was as hot as hell. Since we wanted to be at the Uluwatu Temple for sunset, we figured there was no point getting there earlier.

We took an uber for around 2 hours to Uluwatu. The temple here was a lot more impressive. Built on the edge of a cliff with the ocean waves crashing against it below, it really had spectacular views. I always wonder about the people who build these giant temples at these inaccessible locations. It just seems strange and requires an enormous sense of dedication.

I imagine the sunset here would be beautiful, the cliff had the feeling of the edge of the world. Unfortunately, clouds hovered on the horizon and hid the sun. We left relatively early, hoping to escape the crowds and hopped into taxi to go for dinner at a traditional Indonesian Wahrung.

Although this place catered to tourists, it still maintained the Wahrung concept, where one would choose from different kinds of rice or noodles and then add different meat or vegetable toppings. The food was really good, very flavorful, and much cheaper than anywhere else we’d been, the only problem was that it was cold. Since the food has already been prepared, the service is extremely fast, but it isn’t warm. I don’t know why they don’t keep it warm. We had a similar experience in Singapore. I guess the food being warm just isn’t that big a deal here….