Templed out in Ubud

There are endless temples to visit all over Bali. We thought we would see many more than we did, but only ended up seeing 2 temples. The pura kawi temple and I’m embarrassed to admit that I don’t remember what the second temple we saw was called. Neither of these temples were on the “top Bali temples” list, but they were still both saturated with tourists.

Before going travelling, I had heard of travellers getting “templed out” in Southeast Asia. I thought to myself “temples look so beautiful and mesmerizing, how could you get sick of them?”. After one day, I found out exactly how it feels to be templed out. Maybe it was because we chose to do most of our sight seeing in one day, causing over exposure and exhaustion.

Don’t get me wrong, every temple we went into, walked by or drove by we’re all very beautiful and mesmerizing. The Hindu architecture and decor is absolutely stunning. But after a long day, they all start to look the same.
If I could do temples again, I would chose to only see one in a day, and preferably not see other tourist sights in the same day. That way, I believe you can truly see them for the beautiful, historic sights that they are. I would also try to do some historic research prior to the visit, to be able to fully grasp what went on in this temple.

Many of the temples in Bali offer dancing rituals on certain days, or night time fire shows. I wish we would have researched more to find a day to go where we could have emerged ourselves in that culture.
But regrets aside, these temples were still amazing.

Learn from our mistakes, and check out your favourite researched temples one at a time, and try to witness a sacred ritual while you’re there.
Another note about all Hindu temples:

1. You must have your legs covered, often wearing a sarong is required. Both temples we visited offered sarongs at the entrance.
2. Women who are menstruating are not allowed to visit these temples. ( I did not know this prior to arriving. I had no intention of being disrespectful or breaking rules. It was my last day on Bali and I couldn’t help my time of month. sorry )
3. There will be many offerings with incense burning all around you. If you are sensitive to this smell/smoke, don’t visit these temples.
4. Some of the temples or some parts of each temple require you to remove your shoes as well.
5. Admission to the temples vary but are often less than 10$ US
6. Bring water, snacks, and try not to do too much in one day.
7. Going early in the morning is probably the best time to avoid too many tourists.

We hope you enjoy!!

The journey begins!

Scotty and I quit our jobs, moved our stuff into storage and left Canada to travel all around Southeast Asia until the funds run out. We’ve always talked of doing something like this, but we decided to take the plunge and really go for it.

We are starting our travels in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and staying with our old pal and roommate Sunil. From there, we will be traveling to Bali, Indonesia.

Our goal is to experience as much as we can, get out of our comfort zones, and really live our lives to the fullest.

We plan to share this journey with friends and family and anyone else interested in our journey. The goal is to put out one travel vlog weekly, to share the good, the bad, and everything in between.

Stay tuned and enjoy the ride!!

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