You see these little hand made trays everywhere, in the street, in front of stores, temples and homes. Some just have flowers, but others have things in them like cigarettes, food or small amounts of money.
We went back to Ubud for a little more shopping, dinner and a Balinese dance performance. Dinner was ok - play was another thing. Explanation.... I have my own personal "Letterman List" It used to contain 3 but after yesterday it quickly leaped to 4.
KATIE'S TOP 4 MOST UNPLEASANT WAYS TO BE ENTERTAINED.
4 Some operas
3. Andrew Lloyd Weber plays
2. All Chinese Opera
1. Balinese Dance and song?
Don't get me wrong I love to be entertained but the narrator was so loud and unmusical that it was actually painful to my ears. The musical instruments looked and sounded like pieces of a tin roof that were cut into xylophone tiles. A few drums and piccolo type instruments filled in the rest of the cacophony. What did I enjoy? Watching the piccolo's players cheeks - they puffed and wiggled. The costumes were creative. Either really fancy with lots of sparkly things or hilarious like the monkeys or the old female animal? characters. The main actors had extremely expressive and flexible fingers, hands, arms, toes, and eyes. And the best part was that it was over in 70 minutes.
