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Written by Ron B
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Thursday, 30 August 2007 |
 map - Pedawa and Banyuseri | Nearby in the HillsFrom Bali Vnew, we go out to the main road, a short distance west to Dencarik then south up into the hills. The total trip is just over 20 Km, but the changes in scenery are quite dramatic. The road travels up a ridge with steep valleys either side, then at the head of the valley, crosses to another ridge for coming down. | | A few kilometres up the road we come to the Brahma Arama Vihara Buddhist temple. This photo, uploaded to Flickr by elbisreverri, shows the building right at the top which has domes that remind you of Borobodur. There are other buildings and gardens as you make your way slowly to this summit. |  Buddhist Temple - Brahma Arama Vihara |  Banyuseri - more arid here | We see a lot of tropical vegetation, palm trees, clove trees, cocoa trees, etc. The road sticks to the ridges and you can see into valleys with lush vegetation and, at times, terraced rice flieds. But this photo shows a relatively barren landscape that just popped up and is quite spectacular because of the contrast. The altitude up here is around 600 metres.
| Then we slowly descend back to the village of Banjar with the well known hot springs a short distance off from our road. When we returned to the main road, we went just a little further west to Depot Senang for a beer.
|  Hot Springs at Banjar |
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 18 November 2007 )
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