I think you need some time and a cuppa to relax and enjoy this virtual trip...
Our hotel (Alila Manggis) was really quiet and nice, not a typical huge touristic resort...
....but, obviously, we didn't spend all our days relaxing along the pool.....
We visited the tea plantations that embellish the slopes of the major volcano (Agung) in Bali..
...that same day we visited a luxurious plantation (coffee, tea, banana, chocolate, spices &C., ....) called Satria Agrowisata- Gianyar, Bali, where we saw beautiful plants, flowers and fruits...
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| coffee |
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| banana |
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| white and black pepper, clover... |
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| coffee, vanilla, cinnamon... |
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| ginger |
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| chili |
....at the end of the visit, there was the sampling of different kinds both of coffee and tea...
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| roasting the coffee... |
...these furry guys in the mini cages (...no comment, I could be very very rude...) are the producers of the most popular indonesian coffee : the Asian Palm Civets (nocturnal animals....see how sleepy are they?..sweet...) . They eat the coffee beans, which are not digested and pooed....you have, in this way, the notorious Luwak coffee, that is really expensive!!!!!
I was talking about a coffee&tea free tasting.....all 4 of us enjoyed it so much!!!.....
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| offerings everywhere... |
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| Kopi (coffee) Luwak |
After this lovely spot, our guide brought us to visit the Tampak Siring Temple also known as the Holy Spring Water Temple in Gianyar...
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| koi fish |
....and to complete the tour, a religious procession to celebrate the Galungan, that symbolize the victory of Virtue upon Evil...
.....enough for today, right? ;oD
xxxx Alessandra
