Pura Nusa Dharma

Currently, I am at home with only my infant son, his nanny and our domestic help as the hubby is in Jakarta until Tuesday for some business meetings.

So to make sure that I do not end up holed in the house during the entire time, I decided to visit the Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) Cultural Park, which is less than five minutes drive from our house in Jimbaran yesterday.

However, upon arrival at its gates, we discovered that the entire place was only accessible for attendees of the 1st Asian Beach Games‘ closing ceremony.

Since we were already out and primped for an evening of wandering, I decided on the alternative of Nusa Dua.

First stop: the beach, as I have never stepped on Nusa Dua beach before. The sight that greeted us was a beach filled with people, more specifically, the locals. There were families with children, groups of friends, and couples all splashing around in the water or sitting on the sand having a picnic.

This is not a huge surprise as I had seen on a previous occasion how Jimbaran beach is covered with locals on a Sunday.

So we strolled down the beach to reach this small protrusion:

On arrival, the nanny tells me that there is a temple on it. Since the domestic help, Antonio and myself have not seen this temple, we decide to head up.

Approaching the entrance:

Pass this statue as we walk in:

Continue on until we arrive at this plaque:

I did a Google search for information about this Pura Nusa Dharma, but perhaps it is a lesser known and unimportant temple as all I found is this map, where you can see the temple is indicated on the upper and smaller protrusion on the right.

Anyhow, I proceeded to take a few more shots of the temple.

Pathway leading from the plaque to the entrance: