Bali - Garuda Wisnu Kencana - the gigantic monument in the making

Garuda Wisnu Kencana is a private cultural where they are in the middle of assembling a gigantic monument-in-the-making, Lord Wisnu and his Garuda.

When we arrived at the place, it was one sunny evening where most of the tourists need to put their sunglasses on. I scouted the area from outside and brought out my son's stroller. And it was not a wise decision coz the terrain was not a stroller-friendly one. I had to put it somewhere where the staff there could look after it and continued to explore the place by holding my son in turn with my wife.

Left : Lord Visnu from below

Right : One of the sacred place where they performed their respectful prayer.

 

The entrance fee is IDR 30.000 per pax. I saw a picture in the google where tourist had their dinner here. "Under the sparkling star". I think if you plan to have a dinner here, it might be a good idea. Well, hoping it would be a clear starry  night.

 

 

Or you can just take some photos in front of the statue as a token of memory being here =]

The Garuda statue. It's really big and looks like one of the character in Thundercats, the one served under Mambra. Hehehehehe

 

This it the view if you are standing right in front of the Garuda statue. There are alleys on the right and the left side of the fortress-like terrain here. Each of the alley stores every parts of the monument that are still in progress

And this is the view if you are in the middle of the field.

 

 Left top : Places you could visit here

Right top : You should check the schedule before coming here if you wanna watch the dance performances.

Bottom left : It's an open air dining place. You should try the coconut drink. But well, it might not be any different than the coconut you see in your area. =p

Bottom right : Some of the souvenir shops here

For Muslims, there is a mushola here (prayer room) which is located outside of the premise next to the parking area. But in Bali, the prayer hall/place is a unisex one and they don't really provide separate rooms for male and female. The ablution area is also outside for all.

Well, I might wanna come here again once the statue has been assembled completely. It would be so gigantic for sure though. Wanna see a sneak peek on how it would look once completed? Here!!

Yeahh..this is how it would look like upon completion. You can imagine how gigantic the statue would be right?

To sum up, if you really wanna make your visit to GWK a memorable and meaningful you probably should come when the kechak dance and the Barong dance performance are being exhibit, then you had a dinner under the starry sky here.