Outing to Lovina

We are on a four-day outing to the northern part of Bali, much larger, somewhat less crowded, more rural. We are being driven by the manager of an associate Eco-Lodge in Lovina, Agoung. We will be staying at his lodge. We drove the entire length of the island on Monday. We stopped at a Balinese artist guild.  In Bali, traditional art is a skill taught at home to sons who show talent. Others can go to art school, or home-taught artists may also attend school to learn different skills. The sons start in their father's guild at a young age, learning their craft from the artists there. They stay with the one guild their entire lives. We also stopped at a silver craft studio and an arts and crafts store where they sell items made all over Bali. We. Went to the monkey temple, where the monkeys are allowed to roam freely. You are not supposed to bring in food or bottled water, but tourists are the same all over the world. When saw monkeys grab chip bags, waster bottles, tissues, etc. I had already removed earrings and necklace. We went to another temple, one of the big five on the island, the temple of the Holy Waters. At this Tele, one may take ritual cleansing baths, washing eleven times at each fountain head, ands going through all of the fountains, 15, I think. Interesting, I observed a young Muslim woman going through the cleansing. The holy water has bubbled up from the ground at this temple for centuries. People will take it from the temple to their home temples for holy festivals. Lovina is a lovely coastal village, rather gentle and laid back, surrounded by rice fields, banana plantations, citrus, trees for wood, and all of the various fruits and vegetables grown on the island -durian, mangostein, papaya, citrus, watermelon, cantaloupe, rombudon (sp?), corn, tomato, cucumber, beans, carrots, and I am sure there are
Some I have forgotten about. We stopped at a lake that was formed in a volcanic eruption of anlarge mountain in the early 1800s, which also left two beautiful mountains. We had lunch overlooking the mountains and lake. Felt like being home in volcano country at Lassen. Tomorrow we head out at 0530, yes, AM, to chase the dolphins, then to another temple, and a seafood dinner. I really enjoyed seeing all the beautiful agricultural land. The rice terraces are especially lovely, a vibrant green.