Pura Lempuyang

At the bottom of the first temple. There are seven temples all together, the last temple is at the top of the mountain. It will take hours to get to the temple and we will have to fight aggressive moneys to get there.

We met two men along the way that were traveling to the top to pray. One was carrying a gun which made Alissar very worried. He assured us that the gun was to protect them from the wild monkeys that are known to bother worshipers venturing to the top. Yesterday, one of the wild monkeys attacked and bit someone, so the villagers were more aggressive. They usually scare the monkeys with just sticks. The guy in the red was a tourist from Holland who made the trip with us.We climbed over 1,700 steps and climbed to the peak (3,800 ft). The sweat poured out of us and we were exhausted, literally drenched in sweat.

We were so high we could see the clouds. It was such an eerie feeling.We did it!