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"Bali Province Government's"
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Mountainous Bangli, bali's only landlocked regency, compensates
for its coastal deficit with some of the most spectacular
scenery on the island.
Shaped like a ragged keyhole, Bangli has endured a history
of internecine warfare and occupation, and was one of the
first kingdoms to fall to the Dutch Empire. Yet its people
have survived these turbulent times and remote climes with
a fiery temperament and ready humour. The administrative
centre of the regency is Bangli town in the south, where
cool, fresh air complements the manicured roadsides of this
pretty hamlet. Apart from Bali's main psychiatric hospital,
Bangli town is also home to the island's second largest
temple, the beautiful 11th-century Pura Kehen. |
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From here the regency's main road climbs gently
upwards through bamboo forests and dry upland
terraces until, at 1,500 metres above sea level,
the great maw of the Batur Caldera opens in front
of you.
Eleven kilometers in diameter and 183 metres deep,
this enormous basin was carved out 30.000 years
ago when Bali's larges volcano blew itself to
pieces. Dominating its center is Mt.Batur, a brooding,
black ened cone that has erupted four times this
century. Another quarter of the basin is filled
by a beautiful crescent shaped lake, also named
Batur. |
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Six small villages out an existence within the
walls of the caldera, peopled by a simple mountain
folk known as Bali Aga ("original Balinese").
The most extraordinary of these settlements is
Trunyan,
a jumbled collection of cinder-block houses pressed
against the eastern shore of the lake. Adhering
to pre-Hindu practices, the residents of Trunyan
choose not to cremate their dead but to lay them
out in a nearby ravine, exposed to the embalming
perfume of a sacred tree. Across the lake, the
village of Toya Bungkah, with its plethora of
losmen, 'mountain guides and volcanic hotsprings,
is the favoured tourist spot and a good base camp
for hiking Mt. Batur. |
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Back along the crater's rim are two important
temples. Pura Ulun Danu Batur, a large and ornate
sanctuary dedicated to the Goddess of the Lake,
was originally located on the shores of Batur.
In the 1920s it was moved to its current location
near the market town of Kintamani after narrowly
escaping destruction by lava flows. Further up
at Penulisan, just before the road begins its
long descent to the north shore, a steep flight
of stairs leads to Pura Tegeh Koripan - at 1,745
metres the highest temple on Bali. |
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