by Jonathan Look | May 29, 2014 | Adventure, Bali, Indonesia, Landscape, Photography, Travel
Time was passing really fast and Sarah and I were looking for one last adventure to have before we left Bali and we hadn’t even been to the Jatiluwih Rice Terraces. Even though we had been in Bali a month there were still plenty of things we wanted to do. It is...
by Jonathan Look | May 27, 2014 | Bali, Indonesia, Landscape, Nature, People, Photography, Travel
There are times when you see a scene and you know it would make an amazing photo story. Last fall when I was visiting Lembongan Island, Bali, Indonesia for the first time I came across seaweed farms. As a westerner, from a so-called developed country, I never really...
by Jonathan Look | May 18, 2014 | Adventure, Bali, Indonesia, Photography, Travel
For over a thousand years Balinese Hindu worshipers have been drawn to a mysterious place, that is also one of Bali attractions, the Tirta Empul Temple. Known to the Balinese as Pura Tirta Empul and more casually as Holy Springs the temple is the site of bubbling...
by Jonathan Look | May 16, 2014 | Adventure, Bali, Indonesia, Nature, Photography, Travel
Ubud Monkey Forest in Bali, near the town of Ubud, consists of three 11th-century Balinese Hindu temples on 27 acres dedicated to (again) monkeys. Around 600 of these sassy simians, monkeys otherwise known as Balinese macaques, live in two distinct troops known as...
by Jonathan Look | May 12, 2014 | Adventure, Bali, Indonesia, Landscape, Photography, Travel
Continuing From The Climb We Climbed to the Top of Mount Batur We had made it! We had climbed to the top of Mount Batur. Our legs ached, and it was a bit chilly, but we were basking in the glow you get from accomplishing something that challenges you and pushes your...
by Jonathan Look | May 9, 2014 | Adventure, Bali, Indonesia, Landscape, Photography, Travel
Staying in Songan the Day Before Our Climb Since most package tours to go climbing Mount Batur start with a 2 AM hotel pickup on the coast, and because most of those tours don’t go to the summit, Sarah and I opted to spend the night before the climb in on site. We...