we came upon a procession to celebrate the "Blessing of the Metal" and the
upcoming New Year. One of the towns that we drove through was arranging a
mass blessing of everything in town and had all the bikes, cars and wheel
chairs decorated and lined up for the priests' blessings.
We also came upon hundreds of motorbikes and cars parked everywhere, for
blocks and blocks in a small village to attend a local (and illegal) cock
fight. We were never able to determine exactly where it was and obviously
they were not worried about being busted.
We stopped at a mountainside restaurant where we had lunch and I bought some
locally grown red rice for one of my room stewards to give to his wife when
we arrive in Surabaya.
Next we stopped to feed the monkeys. These were very friendly, even though
there were so many with babies.
Our last stop before heading back to the ship was an abandoned temple in an
idyllic lake setting.
Could not resist posting the whimsical "!" sign - which here means danger or
caution.
Our guides dropped us off back at the ship and then they were off to get
their vehicles blessed!
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