morning everybody it is day two of my little solo adventure up here in Munduk
if you caught my last video you'll know that i'm on a two day little weekend trip
up here to Munduk on my own as a solo traveler i've not solo travelled in a long time
and so far i'm having a great time today i am heading over to the
botanical gardens bali's biggest botanical gardens and then to one of the most famous
temples on a lake but before we go there i actually have a little surprise to show you
something really cool that i think is just around the corner well 20 minutes away but on the way to
trying to get out of this bay - master maneuver yeah so this place is on the way
it's about 20 minutes away and i think it's gonna be pretty special let's go
okay this is what i actually want to show you this is the handara gates and these
are probably the most famous gates in all of bali but would you believe me if i told you
this is actually just the entrance to a golf course now so everybody's coming to play golf at
the handara golf club will drive through these gates but it's also creating a bit of a crowd
for people who just want to come here and take a photo so to have a photo by the gates cost 20k
but if like me you want to try and fly a drone you have to pay 100k
which is pretty steep i'd say just to fly a drone i was tempted to just go over the
other side of the road but hey ho support the local economy so let's get some drone footage
so
anyway i'm going to get packed up then we're going to keep heading on to the
bali botanical gardens which is the main point of where we're going today
oh no i'm here but
i think it's closed this is this is a shame i'm gonna have a little look over the fence
it looks very closed ah oh hang on
dear valued guest this gate is an alternative exit gate you are not allowed to enter through
this gate please use the main entrance ah yet again google not doing its job around here
hmm how'd you get in okay bear with me i'm gonna try and find the entrance
well i've been looking for the entrance to the botanical gardens for ages
i've not found it but what i have found is this wow this is ulun Danu
temple this is probably one of the most famous temples in bali look at that
chances are you've definitely seen that image before this is probably the first
picture that comes up when you google Bali this temple here it's super famous
i'm gonna try and learn as much as i can about it while i'm here actually
ah okay so it's built in 1633 and the temple is used for offering
and ceremonies dedicated to the balinese water guard derrida due to the importance of lake
bratan which is the lake that it's on this was the site located that they thought was the most
important place for the to be worshipping the water god because this lake i'll show it to you
all of this lake is what supplies the water
for all of the local villages hence why it's super beautiful super popular oh wow
i want to go on the boat
this is much more like it
say hello my friend
wow it's so cool out here yes all these are mountains in the background it's so cool
i have the balance of bambi and he's told me i can stand on the front of this boat
my legs are absolutely
shaking man
oh my god wow that's scary all right your turn
these are villas i'm not sure about living so far away from anything but that would be certainly a
cool place to go on holiday
this is exactly why i love making youtube videos don't get me wrong i love making videos that people appreciate and like you know enjoy watching for themselves but also
it just makes you do more things i'm not sure i would have done that boat ride if i'd come here
just on my own but i did it because i thought it'd be quite fun for the video and i'm so glad
i did it that was the best part of this whole this was the best part of this whole temple experience
that was so fun that was 150k for the entire boat so if you had like four or five people or three
or four maybe that'd be super super cheap but even for just me it wasn't the end of the world
that was awesome so glad i did that - they've also got little
like swans that you can get in as well i think from the swans you'll probably get an even better
view from the back of the temples so yeah if you want that personal view jump
in the boats avoid the crowds top tip
it's time to leave this pretty special place and now i'm going to go and try and find the botanical gardens again
either this place doesn't exist or it is the hardest place to find in bali
i've been looking for ages there's no signs google maps hasn't got a clue what's going on you put it
in it stations about four different locations none of which are the right one but i've just
asked the local and they told me to take this road and then eventually i'll see it um yeah
how much thank you
i made it welcome to bali botanical gardens
so when you're here you can hire these little bikes you can hire scooters over there somewhere
or you can hire what i'm hiring check this out this is absolutely the only
way to travel if you're gonna come and do this this is so cool this has just cost 200k
for an hour and i say this is the best 200k i've ever spent look at these guys
having to walk their bikes "walkers" i'm just cruising cruising in my little car
toots right now i actually have no idea where i'm going so i'm going to have to
like consult a map or something i'm just so excited to be in this little
buggy i don't really care where i'm going i'm going back to changu
i honestly have absolutely no idea where i'm going now i've got a little piece of paper map
strapped to my little steering wheel oh no my offering oh disaster disaster uh okay well i'm
i'm heading up to like a temple but i'm the only person here this place is absolutely massive
no i am definitely lost
it has just started actually raining raining i am so happy to be in my little buggy everybody else
is running for shelves but i'm just carrying on like nothing's happened uh i say that my
legs are actually getting soaking i don't know how to pull down these little side panels but
the rest of me is fine and that's all i count but i've got absolutely no idea where i'm
going if you're uh if you're still invested in this video because you want to know about this
botanical garden i think you're gonna be sorely disappointed because
i'm not sure i'm gonna find anything oh it's actually such a shame it's raining
there is uh all these lovely little trails through the woods here and into these little
like greenhouses and things it all looks really cool and unfortunately hey! i'm getting beeped!
what a maniac wow where i'm going
this is so cool
so nice
okay i've decided i'm going to try and earn some of this money back Taxi? you need taxi?
hey guys taxi taxi taxi?
i don't think anybody uh wants my taxi service
oh no i'm back at the start i have no idea how that happened i was able to get to the top
i thought i was aiming north but i've just come right back to where our blooming started
right i'm going to do this again and this time i'm going to actually hit some highlight hit
some hot spots right here we go i'm following some signposts on the map a tropical forest
a temple a picnic field a cactus conservatory the woods the famous giant tree a sianthia garden
an orchid garden and bamboo forest okay guys so i've given back my little golf cart
i'm back on foot uh but i'm actually gonna wrap it up wrap this video up because uh it is raining
pretty badly here now uh this place is really nice it's such a shame about the weather because
i think this could have been really cool uh but it was still nice there's still loads of things
you could do here it's absolutely massive i'm not sure you would spend your full day here unless
you brought like a group of people and we're gonna have like a picnic or whatever because
there's not that many facilities for anything else um but yeah hope you've enjoyed these uh
couple of videos guys i'm gonna head back to changu now its a couple of hours drive before
it gets too dark and then the next video will catch you in jimbaran see you there