First off we made the hides that we had picked up from their old enclosures,

A bit of cement and digging it didn’t take long, although very hot work!

At the end of all the work a bit of drinking and feeding goes down well!!!

After a long and hard drive up to the west of bali the following morning we started to pack up the tegus.

Driving in Indonesia is evry different to many other countries, on Bali there are no freeways/motorways just 1 long arduous coastal road.

It was quite hot work, and there is nothing like a luke warm can of sweat to refresh you.
We also had a few fresh coconuts at the same time !!
Unfortunatley there was the drive back and unpacking to do in the ame day…..

For most of the population here on bali there are many religious ceremonies based around everyday happenings.

Hindu religion or Hindu Dharma is held by almost 95% of the population. Its teaching is to reach peace and harmony in life guided by the Wedas as Holy Scriptures. Hindu Dharma is a special blend of Hinduism, Buddhism and ancestor worship that has been flourishing over the centuries. They believe in One Supreme God called Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa, with His three manifestations known as Trisakti, that is Brahma The Creator, Wisnu The Preserver, and Shiwa The Transformer.

This particular ceremony was to mark the successfull completion of the build,

Some ceremonies are very long and expensive, some are simple (like this one)

Its the morning after the finish of the building,

I had a quick look to see how the sun sets now after trimming the trees, Its looking really good, the sun at 730 am is really warm, so later in the day it should be roasting hot for the tegus !!!
And nice and cool in the evening for them also.

The work has finished on the construction of the adult breeding enclosures.
Next we will be making the enclosures escapeproof.

We also trimmed a few of the trees to ensure there are big area available for basking in the sun.

Wow the end of week 2, and possibly only 5 days left on the project!

Although today is another religious day here in bali….but all the workers turned up to continue the build.

Everything is starting to look really good, the tall trees will be trimmed today to give one end much more sunlight which the tegus will love to bask in.

These are cool little fellows,

We had them get very exited a few weeks ago, these go by many names, Gong frogs, Chubby frogs and painted frogs to name a few.

They are quite small but very pretty, can you notice the cool one hidden?

I had taken my camera to the snake farm….and as i looked a piar of the ring pythons were mating !

cooool…but unfortunatly I missed it with the camera… But thats life !

This was an unique experiance, It was a very hot sunday and the last race of the season,
Its really hard to describe the atmosphere, The idea is for 2 charriots to race around a half mile track, they are timed but overtaking is allowed….
As you can see from the photos very strict safety was followed…lol…quite a few times the teams of bulls veered off into the crowd, one time the bulls went into a food stall….
It was as amazing experiance, to see this you have to head all the way to the west of bali, but it is well worth it,

There coming !!!

There going !!!!

No workers on day 12, both days turned out to be important balinese religious days !
They are back on the case today, Most of the walls are having their final coat of plaster, and the final wall is being made,

They are also starting to put the piping in for the ponds, so its still looking hopeful for the end of the week to be finished !