Just north of Ubud, inland within Bali are two Hindu temple sites both named Gunung Kawi, however one is old and one is new,.Basically the swell was pumping today but I decided not to surf, instead take my camera and video camera and visit these sites based on a recommendation from a surfer staying in the same bungalows as myself. I went with my friend Handa, who I picked up from Denpassar on the way through. She is a funny person and royally entertaining. A productive day and I took a lot of photos and also managed to film a few filler clips for a dvd production I am vaguely planning in my head.
As a result I now have pictures and video footage of many wonderful and magical views from today, although the light was not as great as I would have hoped. However I hope to be posting some of the pictures here in this post when I have a chance. A Long ride back today 1 and half hours, stopped in Ubud for a pizza.
Ubud really is a magical place and every time I pass through or visit there I feel such a renewal within my creativity and the creative hopes and aspirations i envision for myself, there really is an indescribable and a potent powerful energy in Ubud that is very inspiring. On the Moped ride home we passed a temple where some Hindu men were practicing their music for a cremation ceremony, I was invited in to sit and play with them. So I did and basically clanged and banged some cymbals for approx 30 mins to an hour.The Balinese locals are a very inviting, friendly and community based and their eagerness to involve me in their ceremony was real blessing to my day and my spirit.
So all in all today was a good day although i did not surf. Last week I booked a flight to Lombok (the island to the east of Bali) for Monday Morning 8am. I am feeling like it would be positive to spend some time outside of Kuta as I have been here about two months solid again now. On a more emotional note I am feeling a pretty big hole inside since Sunday having said good bye to my friend Alexa, since she has now flown back to Jakarta…She left me with a few cd’s of some of her music she selected for me to listen to, which I have and which has been having an intimate effect on my feelings…what I am feeling I am not in a position of clarity to articulate just yet…but its painful and reminds me I have a heart and that I am well and truly alive within it..
