Biketour from Mount Batur to Ubud, Bali - mighty volcanoes and beautiful rice fields

We are on Bali, the "Island of the Gods"! Our first tour takes us to the northeast. After enjoying the wonderful view of Mount Batur (Gunung Batur), the second highest volcano on the island, we ride our bikes through the rural heart of Bali to the rice fields with two local guides.
We start in Penelokan. The place is located on the southern crater rim of the caldera and offers a fantastic view of the 1717 m high volcano and the crater lake Lake Batur (Danau Batur). Mount Batur is a stratovolcano that is still bubbling away. It has been active over 20 times in the last 200 years. We enjoy the view and remember that we want to climb the mountain in a few days. Hopefully it won't decide to break out again right now!
Then our mountain bikes are ready and we realize that it would have been smart to take a bike camera mount with us on the trip! We drive downhill towards the south on quiet streets. The landscape is very rural and village-like. Traditional farmsteads and village temples stretch along the road.
We stop at one of the houses. The property is surrounded by a wall. Inside the homestead there are several small buildings and pavilions that contain the family rooms, the barn and the pigsty. Not to forget the house temple with the shrines for the ancestors and the gods. The chickens peck for food between the buildings. A very interesting insight into the traditional life of the Balinese!
We continue to the rice fields by mountain bike. Wet rice is grown in Bali. The water required for this is channeled into the fields through sophisticated irrigation channels. All rice farmers have joined together to form traditional irrigation cooperatives (subak). This community not only regulates irrigation, but also determines the entire process of rice cultivation.
First, the rice plants are grown in smaller beds. As soon as they are large enough, they are moved by hand at a distance of approx. 20 cm and the fields are flooded. When the rice is ripe, it is harvested by hand and either threshed on site or stored together with the stalk. The fields are then burned down, the ash fertilizes the soil, and the cycle can begin again. Such a cycle lasts about 5 months, so you have two to three harvests a year.
Our bike tour ends near Ubud. We leave the rice fields and focus on the next item on the day's agenda, lunch! Of course there is rice. Various vegetable side dishes and the typical Indonesian satay skewers are served. Delicious!
In our next video from Bali we will show you Ubud, the artistic and cultural heart of the island.
Many thanks to our Indonesian guide Wira for the perfect organization of the trip and the interesting information about the country and its people!
You can find the bike tour in Komoot under the following link:
www.komoot.de/tour/1318653706
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Trip in July 2023
Chapter
00:00 Intro
00:50 Mount Batur
02:15 Temples and rice fields
03:23 Balinese house
04:56 Rice fields and rice terraces
08:30 Outro

[@JenniferAlkaPhotography]

Wow, was für eine schöne Radtour. Die Tempfel sind so atemberaubend.❤ Danke fürs Mitnehmen und liebe Grüße Jenny

[@travellingpigs]

Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen und den netten Kommentar! 😊😊🐷

[@germotion]

Sehr schönes Einstimmungsvideo auf Bali. Ich freue mich schon auf die weiteren Folgen. Südostasien ist mein Kontinent 😍🤩

[@travellingpigs]

Vielen Dank! 😊😊🐷

[@goerlitzundmeinrad]

Etwas ganz besonderes und auch das Wetter ein Traum.
Vielen Dank für die Infos und Grüße an das Schweinchen.
Lasst es euch schmecken :)

[@travellingpigs]

Danke fürs Anschauen und viele Grüße zurück von Schwein zu Schweinen! 😊

[@DieSchweigers]

Hallo, sehr beeindruckend und fantastische Eindrücke danke fürs mitnehmen. Liebe Grüße Maria und Robert 😊👍🏻

[@travellingpigs]

Vielen lieben Dank fürs Anschauen! 😊😊🐷

[@julianamartinvlog]

So beautiful country i do admire & appreciate your skills shots,perfect❤😊

[@travellingpigs]

Thank you very much! 😊😊🐷

[@Moment_Collectors]

Bali wie spannend 😮 da freuen wir uns jetzt schon. Die Reisterassen toll - klasse eingefangen und eine Fahrradtour ist da ja auch mal was anderes. Das Essen am Ende sah ja auch ganz köstlich aus. Wir wünschen euch einen schönen Sonntag

[@travellingpigs]

Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen! Wir sind ja mal gespannt, wo ihr den Winter verbringen werdet! 😉 Euch auch einen schönen Sonntag und eine gute Woche! 😊😊🐷

[@FrankenTravelers]

Sehr schöne Landschaft und die Musik passt perfekt. Gefällt uns sehr gut. Abo und Like von uns. Beste FrankenTravelersgrüße😉

[@travellingpigs]

Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen und das Abo! 😊😊🐷

[@thevigarfeeling]

1:21 cute piggy. Your bike tour looked truly fantastic 😊

[@travellingpigs]

Thank you very much! 😊😊🐷

[@prignitz-outdoor]

Grüße dich.
Tolle Aufnahmen aus einem schönen Land.👍 Viele Grüße in die Welt von Prignitz Outdoor.

[@travellingpigs]

Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen! 😊😊🐷

[@hecislife]

Nice videos 😮

[@travellingpigs]

Thank you very much! 😊😊🐷