We visited Bali and Komodo National Park in Novermber-December 2018.
Bali:
Bali is Indonesia's main tourist destination, with arts, traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather and metal work. It is part of the coral triangle, the area with the highest diversity of marine species. Bali is the only Hindu-majority province in Indonesia. There are ten traditional Balinese royal houses, each ruling a specific geographic area.
The Bali starling (Bali myna or jalak Bali), Leucopsar rothschild, is a medium-sized stocky myna, almost completely white, with a long drooping crest, black tips on the wings and tail, bare blue skin around the eyes, grayish legs, amd a yellow bill. It is critically endangered in the wild. These birds were photographed at the Bali Bird Park. The bird is the emblem of Bali, where it is endemic.
CQ WW CW from Sanur Beach as YB9/K1XM
Komodo National Park:
Komodo National Park was established in 1980 to protect the Komodo dragon. The park covers western Flores, Komodo, Padar, Rinca, twenty-six smaller islands, and the surrounding waters.
We returned to Indonesia in September 2024 to dive North Sulawesi and enjoy a short visit to Jakarta.
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Tulamben
Balinese cooking
Balinese music and dance
Kastala rice agriculture
Tenganan Village
Ubud
Uluwatu
Kertagosa hall of justice
Denpasar
diving
above water
Sulawesi
Jakarta