Friday, May 11, 2012

Training, Kintamani and tourism stuff

I went to IDEP for some more permaculture training, particularly about patterns and design.   It has been really good, pragmatic and hands on training.



A day trip to the temple at Tannah Lot


Whilst, here, myself and Stella are teaching the students at ROLE about permaculture.  This exercise demonstrates the interconnections of elements in eco-systems, which permaculture seeks to mimic.

 Back to the classroom for more on healthy soil = healthy people
 and building layered compost

Making Aloe Vera juice up at ROLE's Warung.  It's anticeptic, anti-fungal, anti bacterial, good for the stomach, good for skin or wounds, good for hair and its a dynamic accumulator in the soil! Role has heaps of Aloe, they just need to start processing and selling it.

I went up to Ubud and then on to Kilamantani one weekend. Many of the major roundabouts have the most amazing and huge statues.

 Mnt Batur at night, which I climbed the next day and looked into the cauldron.

View of Mnt Batur from Kintamani


The road goes up for many km from Ubud to the volcanoes and it cools down as you go.  There's lots of intensive polycultures in action, like these citrus trees with brassicas growing underneath.

The land at the base of the volcano is rough and rocky, but every skerrick of useable space is put to production.

Here's what it's like to drive in Bali traffic - in the countryside

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