Ketut picked me up at 9am and we started our Ketut village visiting trip.Ketut told me it will take 3hours.So i slept in the car.During the whole journey I kept ask him,how long will we reach?His standard answer was another 30minutes.My God,end up we took 4 and a half hours to reach his village.@.@
We stopped by a few spots before his village.2hours after we left the hotel,we reached the magnificent rice terrace-Jatiluwih!It's the largest rice terrace in the whole Bali.The scenery was really breathtaking.The weather was cooling and air was so fresh.Every breath that I took it felt like purifying my soul.
It took us another one and a half hour to reach Perkutatan Beach.This is my favourite black sand beach in Bali.The perfect match of black glittering sand,clear sky,blue sea and the white waves.It's not really well known as a tourist spot so the beach is really natural and clean without any activities around.It's the Indian Ocean.The waves were really strongly hitting and covering the rocks.The sea water just splashes and covering all over the rocks.Ketut drew both of our names on the sand and we took some photos there before we leave.
Wave goodbye to Perkutatan beach,we continued our journey to Ketut's village.Throughout the journey I saw a lot of Balinese lifestyle.Students walking their way home after school,women works together with the men to build houses etc.At last we reached Ketut's house.His parents were so welcoming and his dad went into the jungle to pick us some fresh coconuts.I asked Ketut about their life in the village.They built their house on their own.They have chickens running around the compound of the house.I can see tangerine tree,coco tree,coconut tree,vanilla tree,salak tree,banana tree,papaya tree,mango tree and many more fruit trees around the house.When they do not have any food,they will pick these fruits to fill up their stomach.If they want something else to eat,they will sell off the fruits or chickens in the market and use the money to buy their food.What shocked me the most is that the family ate "Kijang"(Monkey) before.Ketut told me it's the best Kijang soup ever!My God!@.@..I saw there were 2 birds in the cage.Out of curiosity I asked Ketut how did they catch them.He told me the whole story.This is how they catch the birds.First they will walk into the jungle and listen carefully whether there is any bird chirping or singing.After confirming that there were birds around,they will walk back to their house to grab a cage with bird inside it and go back to the spot.They will climb up the trees and place the cage on a strategic spot.Then they will grab a stick,apply "lengket"(Super Glue) on the stick and place it beside the cage.They will hide somewhere where the birds cant see and wait till the birds to appear.When the bird in the cage started singing,it will attract the birds around to come close to it.Once the bird rest on the stick,Gotcha!The bird couldn't free itself from the stick and at this point of time,the hunters will appear and bring the bird home.They uses oil to release the bird from the stick and place it inside a cage,continued by feeding it with banana.Different birds they sell at different price.They sell one yellow bird at 100,000rph which is around RM34.I saw this green bird and I asked:"how about this?"Ketut replied:"Kaya already!Rich already!We can sell at 1Million rph!"It's about RM340.To them,they can survive for a few months with that money.I reflect back RM340,in many cities people might spend it for 2weeks,a week,5days,2days or maybe in an hour.They were so happy with the 1Million rph and they thank God for this gift.
What I realized was God provides sufficient for everyone in this world.Although they are poor but there are food around their living place.If I were to live in this environment will I survive?My answer was Yes.I realized that it's the conditioning that human gave each other that we are insufficient in many aspects in life.We need a career that provide us bigger income,higher position,bigger house,bigger car,branded handbags,we need more and more.There is no right or wrong answer,at this point of my life I really experienced that God do provide sufficient for everyone.I am the one who is defining whether I have sufficient or insufficient.I Thank God for providing me all I need and all human kind's needs.God gave me more than what I need.I'm really grateful to God.This is one of the lesson that i treasure most in this Bali journey.
Next stop we went to Gunut Bolong.We drove through this tree bridge where 2 trees collides.We called it off a day and we took our 4 and a half hours journey back Seminyak.I slept through the whole way.That's how tired I was.I had my last walk in Seminyak and bought a Bintang beer for the night.Before heading back my room,I dropped by the reception counter,asked for the receptionist's help to call up and confirm my Ubud room for the next 3nights.I had a great chat with the Duty Manager and the receptionist.It was a Wonderful day with Beautiful scenery and people.
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