We spent most of the day lounging around our nice bungalow after having bannana pancakes. Later in the day we went shopping for jewelry and found a good deal on silver rings. That evening we watched a movie called Waterworld at a restaurant next to our place. They had a big screen and good surround sound. We had some good Bali beer, the steaks weren't bad either.
We called Garuda Airlines and changed our flight to Friday.
We went to a puppet show (Wayang Kulit). It was a traditional
Balinese performance with the old fashioned puppets and flame.
It was a great show about a skinny guy and the moral of good
overcoming evil.
Wayang kulit, shadow puppets are prevalent in Java and Bali, are without a doubt the best known of the Indonesian wayang. Kulit means skin and refers to the leather construction of the puppets that are carefully chiseled with very fine tools and supported with carefully shaped buffalo horn handles and control rods.
The stories are usually drawn from the Ramayana, the Mahabharata or the Serat Menak.
There is a family of characters in Javanese wayang called Punakawan; sometimes referred to as "clown-servants" because they usually are associated with the story's hero and also provide humorous and philosophical interludes. Semar is the father of Gareng (oldest son), Petruk, and Bagong (youngest son). These characters did not originate in the Hindu epics, but were added later, possibly to introduce mystical aspects of Islam into the Hindu-Javanese stories. They provide something akin to a political cabaret, dealing with gossip and contemporary affairs.
The puppets figures themselves vary from place to place. In Central Java the city of Surakarta (Solo) is most famous and is the most commonly imitated syle of puppets. Regional styles of shadow puppets can also be found in West Java, Banyumas, Cirebon, Semarang, and East Java. Bali produces more compact and naturalistic figures, and Lombok has figures representing real people. Often modern-world objects as bicycles, automobiles, airplanes and ships will be added for comic effect, but for the most part the traditional puppet designs have changed little in the last 300 years.
Historically, the performance consisted of shadows cast on a cotton screen cast an oil lamp.
The handwork involved in making a wayang kulit figure that is suitable for a performance takes several weeks, with the artists working together in groups. They start from master models (typically on paper) which are traced out onto kulit (skin or parchment), providing the figures with an outline and with indications of any holes that will need to be cut (such as for the mouth or eyes). The figures are then smoothed, usually with a glass bottle, and primed. The structure is inspected and eventually the details are worked through. A further smoothing follows before individual painting, which is undertaken by yet another craftsman. Finally, the movable parts (upper arms, lower arms with hands and the associated sticks for manipulation) mounted on the body, which has a central staff by which it is held. A crew makes up to ten figures at a time, typically completing that number over the course of a week.
Last day in Bali. We rented a motorbike
to go around and see the largest monkey forest in Sangeh. A
monkey jumped on my back and got my shirt all dirty. We watched
some young monkeys swim in a pool of water at the temple. There
was a big old monkey named, King, that we took photos with.
Located near the village of Sangeh, the renowned 6 hectares of Bali Sangeh Monkey Forest are filled with giant nutmeg trees capable of growing as high as 40m! The main attractions here are the hordes of funny yetwise Balinese monkeys inhabiting both the trees and the temple, 
Pura Bukit Sari, found in the heart of the forest. Sangeh is the village whose northern part covers about 14 hectares of a holy homogen forest of “Pala” trees with hundreds of monkey inhabitants. The trees cannot be found on any other part of Bali and their existence in this village remains a mystery.
The monkeys of the forest are believed to be sacred and indeed will approachanyone paying respects at the temple. But visitors should be aware that these monkeys are attracted to shiny objects, so cameras and jewellery should be left behind or kept well 
hidden under clothes or in a bag when exploring Sangeh Bali.
Then we drove back to Ubud. We saw a truck with cages crammed
full of ducks at the gas station. We drove up Batur mountain
and saw some street sellers selling all kinds of wood carvings.
We went to 
Kintamani for the sunset at the top of the mountain.
But it got cold. We tied our sarongs around us to keep warm.
As we were coming down a back road a young Balinese girl called
to us. We stopped to say "Hi". Her name was Yoman,
and she was 12 years old. She took us to her mother's store
where they opened up and made us some ramen soup and some cookies.
She was so kind and excited to show us her home and the TV that
they have. Luckily as we descended the mountain the warmer it
got. We returned safely to our bungalow after dark.
