Vacation to Ubud

Ubud. The ideal place for those who like some peace at Indonesian Vacation and Balinese culture. It is a quiet village of landscapes that relax visitors but there are also options of leisure and visit local temples as those found in the Monkey Jungle, restaurants, craft shops as well as various activities you can subscribe. Ubud was our home base time we were visiting Bali.

The following four days after visiting various establishments, hire the services of a chauffeur-English speaking guide (Ketut) for tours of the island divided in four days of visits and circuits in which we could see:

Goa Gajah Temple. Called cave temple elephant, is one of the relics of Bali, assumed century building X. It has a mixture of Buddhist and Hindu symbols.

Gajah Cave

A seven-meters deep cave with a shape of T-letter is the major attraction of this Bedulu village's local temple. The gajah cave it self is carved in a solid stone hill of the river valley. The main figure of the carving at the cave entrance is 'boma', a barong face, accompanied with big clapping fingers on its side. Leaf, flower, and some horror figures can be noticed if we give more attention look to the rest of the carving. Some holes that are considered to be used as meditation or sleeping quarters can be found in the wall of the cave. Nowadays, those holes are used to place offerings whenever there is ceremonies taking place. On the left end side of the cave is Ganesha statue, believe it as 'the God of knowledge'. Meanwhile on the right end side can be found three 'linggas', that each of them dedicated to the three common God manifestations in Bali, Brahma, Wisnu, and Siwa. There are other three stone carvings in the centre wall, one of them figuring head and face.