Bali, Indonesia
Trip Start
Apr 07, 2008
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Trip End
Oct 12, 2008
Bali, Indonesia
Friday, October 10, 2008
Made - The Graduate
We stayed in Bali for a couple of days before heading back to Australia. It was time for me to catch up with Made a young man that I met a couple of years earlier when he was our private tour guide/driver. We developed a friendship and after getting to know him I decided to help him pay for his education. He had worked to put his sisters through their schooling and now it was his turn. He was doing an Agricultural course. Things were a bit tough for many in Bali after 2002 as the tourist numbers dropped right off.The picture says it all.
This time I was able to meet all of the family. Made took me out to their home in the country
Made with his parents
How green.
Era, Made, Dhea & Natalia
I love Bali and the people. The smiles say it all.Once out into the hills you see the rice farms for miles around.
Landscape of rice paddies
On our return to the city we stopped at a traditional village called TENGANAN. I include only a few pics to give you a feeling of what it was like.
TENGANAN - A traditional Village
Writing on bamboo is a very old art form, and I was shown how it was done. A delicate job.
An old tradition of writng on bamboo.
Living in the caravan I do not have the space for carvings which I love, or the puppets. I just have to look at my pictures.
More collectables
I enjoyed my day out with Made, meeting the all of the family.
Not for sale! Natalia & Dhea
Since I have returned to Australia Made has had another daughter. 
