Then we were off to Gunung Kawi, the Rock Temple of the Ancients, near Tampaksiring. The countryside here is gorgeously lush, and the footpath down to the temple passes through breathtakingly beautiful rice terraces. Here are some views from the footpath which leads from the road down to the temple, which lies at the bottom of a valley. You could hear the sounds of water trickling along the irrigation channels. These rice fields were near the bottom of the valley. It was so tranquil here, silent, but for the sound of the occasional farmer tending his rice field. The ancient temple of Gunung Kawi, with huge niches carved out of the living rock. The temple dates back to the 11th century.