q - Me at Pura Besakih!

I really don't prey, so it was really special to be here in this place where I don't belong, and asking something from a god who doesn't know me. But I can only imagine Siva's smile being like all the other Balinese folks, so it wasn't hard to feel ok about it.

Gunung Batur and Pura Besakih

March 11th 2008
Geo: -8.31653, 115.183In the afternoon, after the morning's cremation ceremony, Faith, Timshell, Made, Ketut and I hopped back in the jeep and headed up the Gunung Batur volcano. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Batur) It's the largest and most sacred volcano on Bali, it's erupted two in the last 100 years. At the top is a big crater, with two big summits inside it, and als ... read more

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