A little relaxing drone session!
I'm super comfortable.
Super comfortable.
When we arrived in Bali we asked you a question:
What would you like to see us do here?
We got many suggestions
like this one from Emma Stevenson who suggested we do a scooter road trip.
So we rented a scooter.
And today we're going a road trip.
Oh my God.
Shit that's heavy.
You want me to leave everything upstairs? - Yeah.
Ok so the three bags upstairs in the room. Ok.
We'll be back on Friday.
Friday? - Friday.
Bye bye!
So we're leaving Canggu for three days
but even though we're coming back here, at this exact same vil,
we still had to check out, pack our bags and empty or room.
The cool thing is that the people here were nice enough to let us leave our backpacks
until we came back.
That way we don't have to carry everything on the scooter...
which would've been impossible to do.
Our setup: we have our equipment bag right here,
at my feet between my legs,
inside here we have our bag full of clothes,
and on MJ's back, more gear.
It's currently 10:30 AM, we should arrive at 12:30 PM.
No. 1:30 PM.
At 1:30 PM? - It's a three hour drive.
Three hours?! - 2 hours 50 minutes.
Really? I thought it was only 2.
Alright, let's go!
Alright, road trips equal gas, a pretty boring subject, I know.
But here, in Bali, Indonesia,
the way we fill up is pretty particular.
There are no big gas stations. There are sometimes, but very rarely.
So what we have to do is stop to these little shops on the side of the road
who sells gas in big water bottles.
It costs about 1-2$ to fill up.
I'm not sure where they get their gas from. It might be Olive Oil
but it works.
If you're wondering what paradise looks like, this is it.
I wasn't talking about MJ...well yes, she's paradise,
but I was mostly talking about the view in this case.
We just arrived, everything went well. It took 3 hours. My bum hurts. It was a long drive.
It really was. At one point, I had to take a break.
So we took a break.
So we just arrived at this beautiful villa that we found on...Booking.com?
How much is it?
25-27$ per night.
It's incredible. The room is huge.
Big bed.
What's awesome is the pool and the view. It's crazy.
We have an infinity pool with a view on the ocean.
What more do you want?
Oh and every morning we're getting our breakfast served on our little terrace.
We're going to be here 2 days only.
We're here for different for a few things.
But most importantly to see the nearby volcano and Lempuyang Temple
which has a gorgeous view of the volcano, according to Instagram.
What are you doing?
Just wandering around. Making the most of the pool.
Ok, so it'll just be me and you then.
Yep...
That's it. - You didn't finish your thought.
It's 6:36 AM. It's been about half an hour since we arrived at Lempuyang Temple
and it's raining.
We arrive for sunrise
and again, we have bad luck.
We got here on time and everything.
Yes! - Ahead of time too.
But it started raining so now we're under this random roof top in the village.
We're waiting.
Look, we can see it!
Ah, now I'm happy!
It stopped raining MJ!
It's perfect.
We can see the volcano really well.
I was scared because there were still lots of clouds when the rain stopped.
I'd seen lots of photos where you couldn't see anything, but right now, it's best view ever.
It's spic and span, it's clean, it's crisp.
Just like a baby's bum.
And because it ran, there are nice reflexions in the puddles of water. It's beautiful.
What's impressive is that this is the volcano that's been erupting in Bali for the past couple of months.
Right now, it's not obviously erupting, but it sometime lets
puffs of smoke now and then. Apparently.
That's what I heard one of the guides say.
Listen, it's making noise. - Nice.
I want to take a moment to explain my outfit to you.
Here, since it's a temple, everyone, men and women, must wear a sarong.
It's piece of cloth to cover the legs.
They gave me a purple one.
I feel tough. Very tough.
Ok, thank you.
Where can we go to fly the drone to see the volcano?
You can fly your drone here.
Just not over the Temple. Just around.
Yes, not over the Temple.
Alright, there's more and more tourists starting to show up
and the volcano is fully covered by the clouds now.
We don't see it anymore.
So we're going to go, but it was nice.
It's really nice. This morning I was losing a bit of hope.
I was like: "Oh it's raining, we woke up early for nothing again!"
But we still had faith. Especially me.
Oh yeah? Did you still faith, really?
We got to the top and the clouds disappeared like magic. It was awesome!
There was a rainbow and everything.
It was nice.
Honestly, we've seen many temples in the last 2 years and I'm kinda over it
but this one is worth it
because of the view. It's magical.
If you're in Bali, swing by Amed. it's a little detour from the big places
but it's really nice.
So are you going to come watch another sunrise again with me?
You don't have a choice. This one went well!
Yes, you have to!
Tonight there's a big party in Bali, especially in the Hindu community.
Actually, tonight, is the end of their year.
Their calendar ends tonight.
It's like New Years Eve.
When driving by villages, we can notice big statue-like creatures
that were created for tonight's festivities.
We call them Ogoh-Ogoh and they represent Evil.
So the idea for tonight is to make lots of noise, danse, sing, drink
and burn the monsters
to get rid of bad spirits on the island.
This is something that's only going on the island of Bali and not everywhere in Indonesia.
It's really cool that we're here to witness this.
Tomorrow it's the opposite. There will be no sound whatsoever on the island of Bali.
And it's really enforced. The cops will be monitoring the streets to make sure
that people stay in their homes,
that lights are closed.
The airport will even be shut down!
It's intense!
So we went grocery shopping and bought a few things to survive the day.
We'll see what happens.
I'm not sure where they're going with the monsters
but now there's traffic.
The electrical wires are in the way so they have to move them.
We'll follow them.
What's going on MJ?
I think they're going to turn around.
They're going to walk by again.
So they're starting to make noise now.
Lots of noise.
They're walking
in that direction.
It's a long parade.
Ok, so what you must understand is that we didn't understand what was going on, at all.
Nobody was able to properly explain to us what was happening.
But we ended up by understanding. By then it was too late.
We were in the parade.
So yeah, it was a parade. Just like we have the Santa Claus Parade. Same thing.
The Ogoh-Ogohs are the equivalent of our floats.
So when we followed that Ogoh-Ogoh, we followed it to the starting point of the parade.
So once there we thought things were going to happen. That there would be fire and everything.
But they were only presenting the different Ogoh-Ogohs
The parade started after
and made its way towards the villages.
And because we wanted to see the fire, we started driving back
but we were stuck in traffic. There were lots of people. When we finally arrived,
everything was in Indonesia, lots of religious things happening
and too many people for us to see anything.
So because we had been following this parade for like 4-5 hours,
we decided to come back home.
We never saw the burning of the Ogoh-Ogohs.
We only saw a picture on Instagram.
But hey, if ever we come back, we'll know how it works.
No need to go too early. It starts at 9 or 10 PM.
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Alright, see you guys next time, ciao! Cya!
I just got purified
with water.
Not sure if it was rain water.
I'm pure, very pure.
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