Biking Through Bali

Today did not start well.

Luckily for me, that was quickly sorted out by a fantastic view of an extinct volcano, a huge coffee and fruit farm, and a long downhill bike ride through a village. After the several hours of driving, of course.

First up was the (completely unannounced beforehand) stop at the coffee farm. They make a... special... kind of coffee in which the coffee cherries used to make the coffee are put through the digestive system of a cat-sized animal called a luwak before being brewed.

The coffee cherry...

... And the luwak. Aww!

The plantation grew many other fruits

This is a passion fruit, in case you were wondering. Apparently, you can carve a message into one.

Grinding cacao.

The famed luwak coffee, or "catpoochino". Think about it. You'll get it eventually.

This is the volcano area that I mentioned earlier.

See that big hill in the distance? That would be a volcano. You can see some hardened lava encrusting the volcano. If you think that's big, take a look at the ring of land around it- part of which we are standing on. It's the rim of a former volcano, out of which the small one has more recently sprouted.

That's quite a view for a former lava-spewing, erupting mound of rock and dirt.

Much more of the hardened lava is visible here.

Just like in Thailand, the streets were littered with canines.

After our stop at the volcano, we started the biking portion.

These are rice terraces, rice fields carved out from a hill.

That's it from Bali. Thanks for reading.

Bonus Photo!

That'll take forever to get to...