Tanah Lot, Bali
Some wiki magic:
Tanah Lot means "Land in the Middle of the sea" in Balinese language[citation needed]. Located in Tabanan, about 20 km from Denpasar, the temple sits on a large offshore rock which has been shaped continuously over the years by the ocean tide.
Tanah Lot is claimed to be the work of the 15th century priest Nirartha. During his travels along the south coast he saw the rock-island's beautiful setting and rested there. Some fishermen saw him, and bought him gifts. Nirartha then spent the night on the little island. Later he spoke to the fishermen and told them to build a shrine on the rock for he felt it to be a holy place to worship the Balinese sea gods.[citation needed]
The Tanah Lot temple was built and has been a part of Balinese mythology for centuries. The temple is one of seven sea temples around the Balinese coast. Each of the sea temples were established within eyesight of the next to form a chain along the south-western coast.
At the base of the rocky island, poisonous sea snakes are believed to guard the temple from evil spirits and intruders. As well as one giant snake which also protects the temple, which was created from Nirartha’s scarf when he established the island.
So basically its a huge rock in the middle of nowhere, which SO HAPPENS to be such a beautiful sight. I would describe the place to be like a rocky beach where instead of sand you have rocks.
Nice and windy place. Really good place to just stroll along....
As one of the hottest tourist spots in Bali, the place is PACKED with tourists. They come by the bus loads. (and mostly Japanese too....don't know why but yeah....most of the tourists are japanese)
Rock formation....
Hahaha, I gotta be in the pictures once in a while too right!
Ken Jon and Ovira
The gang checking out the crabs crawling through the cracks... Its really nice to see the waves crash on the rocks.
One for the album...
Mother Nature's awesomeness (which was created by an awesome God too)
I've always wanted to go and see that place!
ReplyDeleteDid you see their tribal dance?
Sorry, don't know its actual name...
What fun to see everything with your friends. Like I said before, you all are stealing our Japanese tourists! We need them for our economy in Hawaii.
ReplyDeletei just miss this place ... coz i choose between going to the waterfall + north of Bali and Tanah lot... at the end i choose the waterfall and north of Bali :p
ReplyDeleteAnyway, gotta pay a visit to tanah lot when i go back to Bali on my next trip :)
1ondoncalling, yup I did witness their tribal dance. Its freaky with the haunting music and when they dance they do something with their eyeballs which makes you feel a little uncomfortable. But its a good experience nontheless.
ReplyDeleteKay, hahah perhaps you'll get some Malaysian tourists when I drop by Hawaii in the future =D
TZ, I'm sure that part of Bali is just as nice. Perhaps the next round.
Whoah, this place is so beau-ti-ful!!!
ReplyDeletecHrIstInA_YY, yeah it is! Very windy too so its a nice place to walk. But crowded too....perhaps its because we were there for the weekends.
ReplyDeleteI remember making a quick stop here. Very windy...my cap and sunglasses flew away.
ReplyDeleteThis place is amazing...we must thank NIRATHA for this place..sea-temple,sea snakes all this sounds very interesting...i wish i could fly..
ReplyDeleteAY, hahaha I really like the wind. Something about it makes me feel very happy. lol
ReplyDeletekavita, indeed....indeed. Its so long since I've seen beautiful sceneries. You wish you can fly? Thats random..... =D
Wow very wonderful picture...
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Wow very wonderful picture...
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