Day 140 Dec 22 2014 Candidasa Bali Indonisia

Isabel grinding luwak coffee

trying our free selection of tea and coffee

Tirtagangga Water Palace

waiting for one of them to fall in

Day 140  Dec 22 2014   Candidasa Bali Indonisia

We visited 2 water palaces built by a previous King of Indonesia.  The first one we went to was the Ujung Water Palace.  It consist of several relatively small buildings surrounded by lots of water and gardens.  The second palace we went to was the Tirtagangga Water Palace it was smaller but more ornate. The next stop of the day was at a model coffee plantation just outside of Candidasa and right next to Bali Aga village.  We were served 14 different kinds of tea and a cup of regular arabic coffee for free, we also purchased a cup of Luwak coffee for IDR 50,000  (about $5.00 CAD).  It was a little weird to be drinking coffee that had passed through the digestive tract of a civet but it definitely had a very mellow taste to it.  The last stop of the day was at Bali Aga village which is a traditional village where the villagers must marry from within and no visitors are allowed in after dark.  I found it to be nothing more than a tourist trap with a donation required to enter and not much to see other than most of the people were trying to sell weavings and Balinese calendars.  It was not worth the visit.  We did see a very interesting plant that would close its leaves when we touched it.