The first stop of the day was to see handmade cloth being weaved and batik artwork. The cloth could then be used to make a sarong, dress or shirt.
The second stop was to a woodcarving shop. We watched some of the wood being carved into ornaments and then had a good nosey around the shop. There were some amazing pieces and we could have easily bought several, but luckily we couldn't fit them into our backpacks and I'm not sure whether we are allowed to bring ebony wood back to the UK.
The third stop was our favorite stop - a coffe and chocolate plantation. We were able to taste hot chocolate, coffee, ginger tea and a gingseng cappacino. Our favourite was definitely the hot chocolate, they put far too much sugar in the ginger tea. We also tasted a raw cocoa bean which is quite tangy but yummy.
We stopped for lunch in Kintamani, which is a small town in the volcanic national park. The restaurant had magnificant views of Mount Batur, a dormant volcano which last erupted in 1993. We had an awesome 3 course Indonesian buffet lunch, I tried the balinese speciality dessert - black rice pudding with coconut cream, it was nice.
After lunch Suichen took us to our hotel in Lovina, so we could put our feet up for the rest of the afternoon.
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