Ubud Palace
I had some time to check out some of the beautiful temples and sacred places in Ubud. The places are full of artwork and design dating from hundreds to over a thousand years ago. Here's some of my favorites. These first ones are shot at Ubud Palace:
The palace entryway.
Palaces here are not what the westerner would expect. They are still single level, because a king could never walk on the bottom floor of his palace if someone was walking above him. Generally they are the same as other temples and houses just grander, with more space and garden.
Goa Gajah
The next temple area that I went to was Goa Gajah. This means "Elephant Cave" There are no elephants here, it was just called that because they use the word "elephant" to describe large grand things, such as the huge river that runs right through the temple grounds. Here's some cool shots of this gorgeous place.
The entryway to Elephant Cave.
Inside the cave are carvings and altars.
The cave doesn't go very deep, about 20 meters,
what's really impressive about Goa Gajah is the grounds.
In real life these views are directly side by side like so... gorgeous.
This reminds me of Thailand. The Thai wrap their big trees with cloth to keep the spirits in, I don't know why the Balinese do it, other than this tree is so amazing it must be honored on temple grounds.
Rooooots!
There's big pieces of old ruined rock carvings all over the grounds.
These carvings are also scattered around the grounds.
This is a ceremonial outfit that was in part gifted to me by my neighbor Ibu,
She is such a sweet, genuine, kindhearted woman.
Ceremonial decorations woven all from plants.
This is just one style, they are very creative and have lots of variety.
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