G.W.K. Statute tour in Bali...

 

Yesterday, I went on a Cultural Tour of the 4th largest man-made statue in the world, which is found in Bali. In fact, I was astonished to see it from the plane when we first landed in Bali. I asked around about it, which brought us to visiting it.

There was so much to this cultural tour that it reminded me of PCC or Pacific Cultural Centre in Hawaii. There were different packages to choose from, but we decided to keep it simple and opted for the 10K steps a day on this tour.

The statute is abbreviated and known as G.W.K. or Garuda Wisnu Kencana. It has religious significance as it is the Hindu god Vishnu riding his companion, a garuda.

The whole area must have been a limestone mountain, but unfortunately, most of it was carved away to make this monument and some other large sacred statues that were housed on the property.

Later on, that day, we went out with some new local friends that we had made, and had lunch on a beach called "Queen's Beach". We had a seafood frenzy and came back to the villa feeling very full and happy with the neat conversations we had along the way.

And then we happened on a very good local market at the GWK monument and bought some more souvenirs to take home. It was certainly a neat evening where we had started at 8am in the morning and returned back to the villa after 10 pm. Never a dull moment...