Bali 2023
An amazing trip to Bali, filled with lots of diving, but also lots of cultural exposure, from food to architecture, to religion, to dances.




























































Two Frogfish (Painted and Warty) (Oct 5, 2023)
The second one is to the left of the orange one. These are both not much bigger than about 3 inches.

Ornate Ghost Pipefish in Crynoid (Oct 5, 2023)
The ghost pipefish like to hide in the crynoids.

Painted Frogfish (Oct 5, 2023)
Notice the "lure" to the left its eye, to attract unsuspecting food

Statues at Coral Garden (Oct 6, 2023)
Part of Coral Garden in Tulamben

Dolphin Statue (I think) (Oct 6, 2023)
Part of Coral Garden in Tulamben

Moray Eel (Oct 6, 2023)
No, it is not trying to bite, that is how they breath

Laced Moray Eel (Oct 6, 2023)
At Coral Garden. Some think this is a honeycomb eel, but does not look like the ones I have seen

Juvenile Ribbon Eel (Oct 6, 2023)
I apologize the focus is not sharp enough.

Massive Schools of Fish (Oct 6, 2023)
Swimming over a large anemone field

Razor Fish (Oct 6, 2023)
These silly fish like to swim facing the bottom of the

Temple Entrance (Oct 7, 2023)
The ornate door leading into one of the entrances for the temple.

Waterfall (Oct 7, 2023)
Me with the waterfall in the background

Dark Margin Doriprimatica (Oct 8, 2023)
I'm not an expert on nudibranchs, but this seems to be the closest I can ID

Juvenile Robe Hem Hypselodoris (Oct 8, 2023)
The name is the closest match I could find. I have not seen a collection of same type nudibranch on the same rock before

Butterfly Nudibranch (Oct 8, 2023)
Or so the dive guide said

Blue Spot Stingray (Oct 9, 2023)
The bury themselves in the sand, and can be hard to spot.

Frog Fish (Oct 9, 2023)
An unusual color frogfish at Pyramid Cove

Offering (Oct 9, 2023)
The Balinese put out offerings to the guide
Bali Dancers (Oct 10, 2023)
Performing a traditional Bali dance with the two youngest ones about 10 years old

Pura Lempuyang Temple (Oct 11, 2023)
All people must wear a sarong when entering the temple.

A friend (Oct 11, 2023)
The snake really does not bite, it is used to being held by people

The Bat Cave (Oct 11, 2023)
There are thousands of bats in the cave, and the people here worship the bats.

Start of White Water Rafting (Oct 12, 2023)
With Mike White, Aaron McNeal and Will Long

Survived White Water Rafting (Oct 12, 2023)
Down a beautiful rain forest, tall trees everywhere. There may have been some water fights going on as well...

Feeding the Monkey (Oct 12, 2023)
They don't like you looking at them when they want the food, and they will bite if you hold onto the food.

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This little monkey seemed to like Sunny, even though she did not have food.

Grabbing a Banana (Oct 12, 2023)
The monkey is grabbing the banana off Karen's shoulder.
Fire Dance (Oct 13, 2023)
A Kecak fire dance performed in Ubud "The Death of Kumbakarna" presented by Krama Desa Ubud Kaja. Skip to about 2:54 in the video if you want to see the dancer play with the fire. The chanting reminds me of the scene in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom".

The Wood Carver (Oct 14, 2023)
I bought several carvings from him, and the prices were very cheap!