h - Another buddha statue

You know how Buddhists think ALL life is sacred and they don't kill anything ever? Well the proof was in these bushes, HUGE scary OMG I can't take it I'm freaking out - spiders. Like 2 inches across, I'm not kidding. The kind with the scary markings on their backs from my guide book that say "Don't touch!". OK, we'll just see this statue from the path over here, thanks very much. And moving on.....

Buddhist Monastery & Hot Springs

March 18th 2008
Geo: -8.16799, 115.027Bali only has one Buddhist Monastery so I went to see it. It's located on the north shore a little bit up a volcano. I rented a motorbike for the day and rode up. (I am SO getting one when I settle back in SanFrancisco - I'm addicted)The monastery is pretty close to a local hot spring, so after the mornings heat walking around the monastery I went to the springs ... read more

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more

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