Bali Sea Temple

INDONESIA | Friday, 11 January 2013 | Views [268] | View Smaller Image

The Mother of the small boy was not too far away leaving her offerings for a successful and plentiful day at their family shrine. It was mid-morning and the tourists were now arriving by the busload. Not too long after this shot was taken there was much coaxing by mother to her young son to smile at the tourists and get on with his job of selling his wares. It’s a hard life in these small communities everyone has to work

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We came across a young boy who had a basket of goodies for sale. He was not a happy little chappie He was about 4. He had a look on his face that spoke many words to me especially “I hate my life”. Poor little kid you could see he was wishing we (the tourists) would just go away.

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We wandered around there for ages taking pictures of the gardens and the monuments. I found his old gentleman sitting in a temple area looking very regal & like he was mediating so I endeavoured not to disturb but on closer inspection he was reading the newspaper. It looked so funny but I guess this was his home and despite all of us invading tourists this was his time to relax. The fact is this temple region in essence is a holy place for these deeply religious people but their lively hood depends on the thousands of tourists who flock to see them like an attraction. This is their lot in life and they share it with many on a daily basis.

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