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by Location | Bali
| Kintamani Area
Kintamani is
located on the lip of a volcano, and is home to the second
ever tourist hotel ever built in Bali. The market here is a
bustling place where the local mountain farmers sell their
vegetables, and is open on Hari Paseh, which occurs every
three days according to the Balinese calendar.
Just a bit
further along on the ridge road you will find Pura Ulun Danu
Batur, a dramatic temple complex dedicated to Ida Bhatari
Dewi Danu, the goddess of the lake. It is the waters of Lake
Batur that irrigate and provide sustenance for the entire
eastern part of Bali, and the temple here is maintained by
the local irrigation societies called Subak. Pura Ulun Danu
Batur is
particularly beautiful when heavy fog rolls in, and the
eleven tiered goddess temple is shrouded in mist. The nights
here are cold but it is well worth rising early to witness
the spectacular sunrises on the very roof of the Island of
the Gods.
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