Lipah

This is maybe the 7th time we've stayed at this small east coast fishing village. 

View from our balcony, aaah…

Sometimes the fishing is very good, other times not. If not its rice and greens for dinner…

They have a co-op, our friend Made keeps a note of how many buckets of 80 mackerel each man catches, it goes to market, then when the money comes back the next day it's divided. Excess gets frozen or salted for the off season. 

We have lunch and dinner every day with Made, husband Joni, and kids Putu and Resa. 19 yo Putu has just been accepted into midwife training, a huge achievement. We've paid half her fees, but buy a pig so the family can keep up with the rest by selling piglets. Free range it's not!

 

Lots of morning tea choice after a temple ceremony - each person takes food to the temple to be blessed, then it's shared among family and friends

Pork satay being cooked, the BBQ is men's work