east bali and temples

after i ripped myself away from the beautiful islands, we took a rather wet and bumpy boat ride back to padang bai and then a taxi to candi dasa...stayed there for 3 days.  it was an ok hub to see other parts of the east but overall i wish we'd stayed in amed.  oh well. we had some retail therapy and ate some incredible meals so all was not lost. did some day trips to a bali aga village (tenganan) and then took a full day temple tour on the way to ubud.  we saw the floating palace (my favorite), king's palace in amlapura, water palace, besakih temple at the foot of gunung batur (volcano), sampled kopi luwak (cat poo coffee) along the way, and ended up in wonderful and enchanting ubud.  see more photos here in this album