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Exploring Bali, Tanah Lot, Temples and more. 21st November
 We hired Richard again for the 2nd day and got him to take us to Tanah Lot (a temple in the water off the coast) We also went to Alas Kedaton to see Monyet Badugal Lake. Alas Kedaton is the place to see monkeys in a specially made area. A lady accompanied us and helped us in the area by answering questions and buying food for the monkeys for us. (We gave her some money and she went and got the food and gave us the change)

Monkeys everywhere would take broken eggs or nuts out of our hands but these monkeys were trained by years of tourists so behaved as expected.

One monkey even jumped onto Christine's shoulder to get the food out of her hand. The lady told her that the Monkey would jump off if she bent her knees. (They were used to jumping on, having a photo taken, then jumping off again with food)

We also saw a manually operated ferris wheel. 4 guys would hold it until everyone was on, then turn it around by hand. Frightening! And the thing was on rickety wooden stantions!

The lady that came around with us gets a commission if we buy anything from her shop. We declined but gave her a tip instead, which, apparently, is frowned upon by management but which she gratefully accepted.

We also went to see a lake, which was a bit of a distance away, and one of the temples with an ocean view.

On the way back I finally worked out where Richard had been taking us on the map and we both realised he really had no idea!  There were several touristy places on the way back that Richard had absolutely no knowledge of and, using the Lonely Planet Indonesia guide, we were able to direct him to two fantastic temples that we would have missed had we not said anything.

One was completely deserted (temporarily) and so had great photo potential, and one that was a huge temple surrounded by a moat. Glad we worked this out!

Christine spoke to hotel reception when we got back and was able to organise a new driver the next day when Richard rang to say he couldn't make it. (So it worked out well.)

Christine also had a massage that night while I caught up on some postcards.

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