Fortunate Adventure: Bali - Dancing and Dolphins

One of the things I love about going somewhere new are the sounds - sounds that you don’t hear at home. And it is the sounds of Indonesia that stand out in my mind – from the call to prayer five times a day on Java, to the buzz of the motorbikes, to the call of the pedal cab operators. But it was the music in Bali that I remember most. From the music at the festivals to the street performances to the beats pounding out of the night clubs in Kuta, music seemed to surround Bali. We were lucky to get to go to two Balinese dance performances – one at night and then one during the day. Both were absolutely amazing – a stunning visual representation of Hindu mythology and story.

The entire performance was vocal - no instruments were used. It was astounding. The performance lasted for over an hour and the combination of the sounds and the fire was absolutely riveting.

After the amazing performance the night before, we were off to a completely different performance the next morning. Visually stunning and auditorily entrancing.

Winding our way through the rice terraces of Bali, we stopped off at temples and waterfalls. The sun barely came out, but the temperature remained nice and warm. Absolutely fantastic.

Our destination was the town of Lovina - home of black sands and amazing dolphin and snorkelling oppourtunities. The morning started at 5:00am so that we could get into our outrigger and watch the sun come up over the island. We then spent two hours following a pod of dolphins through the bay as they fed.