The view from our guesthouse in Munduk (called the Aditya Homestay)
The terrace at our guesthouse, where we spent many happy hours enjoying the view and the mountain breezes
Looking from the terrace to the main street of Munduk
Coffee beans growing by the side of the road
Melissa had never seen a pineapple growing before
Mystery fruit and bamboo
Clove trees grow all around Munduk, and people dry the cloves in their yards
Most of the cloves are sold to companies in Java that make clove cigarettes
There's lots of flowing water in Munduk, even during the dry season
Hilly terrain can leave little room for family compounds. Here there's just enough space for a house, a shrine, and a satelite TV dish.
More views of the valley
A woman sifting cloves in her yard
Buds from a clove tree (after drying in the sun, they turn into the brown cloves we know)
Cacao pods (whose seeds are used to make chocolate)
A village shrine decorated for a ceremony
Munduk was a favorite spot of the Dutch who colonized Indonesia; the village has a few Dutch houses built around 1900, which don't look like anything else we've seen in Bali
Arches and columns are decidely un-Balinese
Colored tiles on the outside also show that this house was built by the Dutch
Beautiful gardens in the house just uphill from our guesthouse