Recently returned from a wellness weekend in Bulgaria and now found the time to share this experience with you. Take it as a warning.

We stayed at the 'Lighthouse Golf & Spa Resort' - a proclaimed 5-star facility.

One more insight into Bali traffic. They certainly have their own idea of 'mass transport'. Note the maturity of the driver.

Like any city, Kuta has its fair share of construction sites.However, not all of them would be quite as optimistic as the one below.

I briefly mentioned the traffic situation in Bali in another post. Apart from 'normal' traffic, there are some particularities to be found, as you can see below.

To nobodys big surprise, Balis agriculture consists to a considerable degree of rice fields. We visited one of these plantations and as beautiful, peaceful and enticing they appear. Planting and harvesting rice is back-breaking work.

One more temple - the last one, I promise.This is one of the more traditional temples and gives you very good idea of how they are constructed: in harmony with nature. Instead of flattening landscapes and chopping down forests for building monumental buildings, these temples are very much integrated into the surrounding nature. In some cases - like this one - you will find yourself in actual jungle if you venture to walk some twenty meters from the actual temple.

Back to the temples. The 'Elephant Cave' is an unusual one because part of it is actually in a cave and the entrance of the cave is decorated with a large relief depicting demons and - hence the name - an elephant as the central figure. Another unusual aspect are the large bathing facilities located nearby.

Being at a Coffee plantation in Bali practically obliges you to try some of their products - would be a wasted opportunity not to do so. While I stuck to tea - Green, Ginger (invigorating) and Lemongrass (refreshing) - Emilia tried 'Luwak Coffee'. Allegedly the best (and certainly most expensive) coffee in the world.

One can get a cup of it for relatively modest five Euro directly there. 1 (one) kilogram of the final product can be purchased for 140 Euro.

The Black Mountain is a Volcano on Bali, which last erupted in the 1950s. One can still very clearly see the scorched earth. After the eruption some wily business men quickly realized the potential of the fruitful ground (once the lava would have cooled down) and purchased vast patches of land for very little money.

90% of Bali population are Hindu. This is in strong contrast to the fact that the vast majority of Indonesias population is Muslim. It also goes a long way towards explaining the overall relaxed and calm atmosphere, the general friendliness and the roughly 20,000 temples. We visited some of them. This is Batuan.