Elephant Cave (Goa Gajah) Ubud

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    Day Tour

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    While we were staying in Ubud, Nelly and I went on a day-long tour of central and east Bali. It was a lot of driving around and sightseeing. Here's what we saw:

    -Goa Gajah (the Elephant Cave, but with no elephants. I read something about the stone carving above the entrance being mistaken for an elephant. Also there was a shrine to Ganesha …

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    Leaving Ubub and onto Kerobakan

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    I woke at 6 and got ready to meet with a local to see the Elephant Cave. It was small but interesting. The water and foliage below was amazing. I hung out at my homestay until check out and then wandered until my taxi came to pick me up. In that time, I meet another local and went to another organic restaurant overlooking the fields and rice …

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    Day 2 of fun

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    On our second day at Bali, we got our rental motorcycle... Which was a little better version of a TVS scooty in India. We did not have two wheeler license but we were advised to just bribe the cops in case we got pulled over by the cops which was very rare here. The ride from the villa till the main road was quite adventurous as the road was …

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    ... - Snorkeling with Mom at Tulamben - Kayla's first 'spa' experience including Massage, Hair Braiding and Manicure - The Elephant Cave Temple - Reading Tolkien's "The Hobbit" Lowlights: Tyler: - wiping out face first into some stone steps at ...

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    Ubud and Lovina

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    ... .  We hired a motor bike for a day which allowed us to really travel further than just the center of Ubud.  We went to Goa Gajah (Elephant Cave) a bit over rated we felt.  It's a small cave carved into a rock face and you enter ...

  • 3

    Rice, Poop Coffee and Julia Roberts

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    ... We'll just do better tomorrow. After lunch, Dana informs us of our afternoon plans: - the temple of Goa Gajah (known as the Elephant Cave. Yes there was a reason for so many paintings of elephants gods this morning) - a stop by a coffee plantation ...

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    Eat, ****, and Vomit (and Pray while you're at it)

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    ... our bike, we decided to wake up extra early in the morning and head out on a relaxing day trip. We planned to see the Elephant Cave (Goa Gajah) but like anything in Bali, nothing ever really goes according to plan. If you want to go anywhere on your ...

  • 5

    Ubud: I saw the Queen's knickers!

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    ... 1 person he would take us, we said no, then a quick chat to his boss and we were off. The 1st stop was the elephant cave temple, a little moss covered temple amongst a few waterfalls. The 2nd stop was the Holy water temple, there was so many people in ...

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    The Real Bali

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    ... Agung, the volcano being honored during Galungan. We visited Goa Gajah, Yeh Pulu, and Gunung Kawi. Goa Gajah, also known as Elephant Cave, was built in the 9th century as a sanctuary. The entrance to the cave is adorned with various ominous figures ...

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    A Day in the life in Ubud....

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    ... was eaten by the tiger, but then he lived. Thats at least what I think happened, it was cool. Then next came a elephant cave, but there weren't any elephants, just alot of pretty scenery and statues. Then we went to another temple where outside was a ...

  • 8

    Why You Come Bali To Say No?

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    ... tour with us. We would be visiting about 6 places in total, 2 of which Charlotte had known about in advance. We started at the elephant cave which was a temple in which the rock had been carved into an elephant. We had to buy a sarong which we didn't ...

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    Ubud

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    ... It was all worth it!! 29.03.09:  We started the day by a beautiful breakfast before going to Goa Gajah, the Elephant cave. It is a cavern which was discovered in the 1920s and is believed to have been Buddhist hermitage. The craving is really ...

  • 10

    Ubud

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    ... with Ubud's Tourist Office that went to both of the sites in addition to others.  The first stop was Goa Gajah (Elephant Cave) which was less than thrilling, then to Tirta Empul (Holy Springs Temple) which was quite interesting, next to Mount Batur ...