Danau Enshallah?

It's now time to head into the mountains. Richy and I decided to check out some waterfalls in a small town called Gitgit (pronounced Git-Git, not Gidgit). Before getting to the falls, we had to pass dozens of souvenir shops and the owners were way to persistent. We eventually started making up languages so they would get confused and leave us alone. Finally we got to the falls and they were beautiful with cold, but still very refreshing water. Only a little time was spent there and we made our way to Candikuning on the Danau Bratan.

Danau Bratan is a small lake that sits at the foothills of one of the volcanos in Bali. To our surprise, this area was very cold and VERY Muslim. Everywhere you go in Bratan there are women in Bijab and men in Lungi's or Saran's; it was mostly traditional. And since we were always surrounded by Mosque's, the Call to Islam can be heard everywhere in the area.

EEENNNSSSHHHHAAAAALLLLLAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here in Bratan we could finally enjoy some authentic Indonesian Satay which is very different than any satay I have ever had. They are smaller pieces of meat dipped in a delicious peanut sauce and you get a lot of skewers. Watching them make the satay was just as exciting as eating it because they set up a very simple DIY cooker. It was made of a half-pipe that was welded to four legs. The they fill the pipe with charcoals and bridge the skewers over the flame. To keep the coals at maximum heat, they keep a fan facing the coals which blows smoke everywhere while spreading its wonderful aroma around the vicinity. After our lunch/snack/dinner, we set up our hammocks under a small gazebo and played scrabble. We were also able to watch the wonders of nature as the gazebo was home to dozens of giant spiders. Bugs would get caught in the webs and some even fought the spiders and got away.

After the Scrabble game, which I won, Richy and I got to be early so we could wake up for a sunrise on the lake.