I was still feeling quite ill today yet despite this we made
plans to visit the Garuda Wisnu Kencana statue, a 122-meter tall statue located
in the Garuda Wisnu Kencana Cultural Park.
This massive statue dominates the skyline from Kuta and I
have been curious to take a look for many years now.
It was quite a drive from our hotel and due to our late
start, the main statue was closed by the time we made the long walk there from
the park entrance. Despite this, the views and surrounding gardens in the park
were stunning.
The park appeared to be a large abandoned lime stone quarry
which in its self was very interesting. You could see where large lime stone
slabs and blocks have been mined for decades, no doubt to build a lot of the
beautiful resorts and decorative carved facades that Bali is famous for.
There was still a massive amount of lime stone remaining, so
I’m not sure why they ceased mining here. What I do know is that this part of
Bali was very poor due to the lack of crop growing soil.
During the seventies the local people sold their land at extremely
high local prices to developers as the land has sweeping views high above the
region.
The park entrance fee was a rip-off and so far, the grand
design is only about fifty percent complete, so I assume they are fund raising
to finance the rest of the project.
After a few hours of roaming the grounds we were tired and
had had enough, so we headed off back to the hotel, finding somewhere to eat
nearby and then retiring for the night.
Track Sirocco’s
progress
The BALI 4.6 is recognizable at first glance thanks to the new design of its hulls with fine arches and its new very elegant lines drawn by Xavier Fäy and Samer Lasta. The BALI 4.6 benefits from all the innovations signed by CatanaGroup that make up the DNA of the BALI:
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