Kekeran and a Divine View: North Bali

North of Pupuan as you enter the Kapbupaten of Buleleng along the main Antosari to Mayong road there is a small village, Kekeran. But it is the view from the mountain road that is the attraction.

You have heard of 'Room with a View', well this ramshackle warung on the side of the road is aptly named 'Rice with a View'.

The small one table warung, hastily put together with a few old planks and sheets of iron roofing, is owned by a cheery fellow, Nyoman. His wife is quick to sell you freshly cut Papaya, Mango, and Watermelon and the most delicious Krupuk Pisang, or sliced and fried banana.

But, what a view!. Below in the valley expanse, a river winds its way through there, terraced padi fields symetrically line the faces of the mountains and fields, emerald green and the sheaths of padi swaying in the light breeze.

From the warung you can see as far as ten kilometres and even the road you were just on to get to this point. Nyoman was telling me he has had this spot for five years and delights in meeting all the visitors who come to his plot of soil.