Today thunderstorms, monsoon rains, and intense sunshine breaking through the clouds. So I took my aching leg from yesterday’s cycle ride to one of the many massage parlours and enjoyed a 60 minute pummelling.
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| Sunset - after the storm |
This ‘full body massage’ was entirely different to India, where oils followed by a body scrub were the order of the day. This time I was trodden on, kneaded, stretched and literally slapped and punched into submission-but it was great, a true treat for my knackered muscles, and I felt a million dollars afterwards, very good value as it was less than a £5!
Back for a swim, drifting around the pool in the gentle rain, and then off to explore the Hindu/Indonesian Temples. I’m fascinated by the temple guardians, extreme caricatures in animal and human forms, -see pic of one looking very hungry, and eying up the temple offerings.
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| Temple Guardian |
Every house has these by every door (there’s one outside mine every day here), so the smell of incense and dried flowers pervade the air everywhere.
Sanur has a footway running along the beautiful beach, dotted with sellers, restaurants, from the posh tourist kind to the local ‘waring’ cafes. No, I still haven’t really got to grips with the food-there is so much meat here, I daren’t venture into the unknown, unlike in India, though the little packets of dried chickpeas and fruits are good value-especially now I have worked out that whatever I’m charged will be exactly double the true cost, so I now just hand over half….and am greeted with a cheeky grin, and the goods are duly handed over!!
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