TANAH LOT TEMPLE

From Teman Joger, we went to Tanah Lot Temple. It is located in a coastal side of Beraban, Tabanan. It is situated in 30 Km, the west side of Denpasar and about 11 Km in south side of Tabanan. The temple is built on the rock with 3 acre size and reachable in a few minutes by walk, because it is just 20 meters from the coastal lip. This temple is very famous among tourist destinations in Bali because of its spectacular view of sunset. At some nooks of coral reef around Tanah Lot Temple there are holy tame snake in black and white color, and according to the local society, they believe that it as a deity property and as the guard of the temple from the bad influence. Tanah Lot means land in the middle of the sea. The temple sits on a huge offshore rock which has been shaped continously over the years by the ocean tide. There are many stalls that sell souvenir and T-shirts over there. Van got another tatoo on her back waist. She bought some bangles and tweezers. Ray also bought some T-shirts, and so did I. I got my favorite barong shirts, all 10 colors. Though the quality was not so good, but I like them all, and they're not too expensive. When we reached the side of the temple, the tide was high. So, we couldn't get any closer to the temple. We just took pictures from distance. Then we're rushing back to the car, because I already had another appointment with AJ Hackett Double Six Club at Seminyak, for Ray and Van joining the Bungee Jumping activity. But the traffic jam was so bad. We hardly could get out from the parking lot, because that day was the last day of Tanah Lot Art Festival, so there were an accumulation of visitors coming there to see its closing time. I didn't know how long had Wayan taken to get out of that crowd, because I already fell asleep that time. I woke up when we're reaching Seminyak beach.