More touristy stuff today.  We drove to see the Elephant Cave Temple.  There are no elephants there, but the entrance to the cave is supposed to look like and elephant.  Some pool time in the afternoon.  It’s so hot here.  I’m really not sure how people live here.  I’m not sure how I’m going to survive the summer in Thailand.  I don’t understand why people love the heat.  Maybe I need to move.

We did get to the dance show tonight.  It was interesting.  I love the music (small example video attached).  There are several types of traditional Balinese Dance.  The one we went to see was Legong.  I got some pictures and video of the dancing, but they came out awful.  The most fascinating part for me was how eye movements are part of the dance.  It’s creepy, but you can’t look away.  As with Thai dancing, the program tells you the story of the dance, but there’s no way you can tell that is the story.  The hands and feet are highly involved in the dance, like Thai.  The facial expressions and eye movements are quite unique to Balinese dancing though.  I found this video on you tube that is much better than mine.  It was taken at the same place so just pretend I took it.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9lNc4fu8Zc