Viewed from the
balcony of the Lakeview Restaurant Mount Batur looks dormant, wisps of steam remind you it is still an active
volcano which has erupted several times this century. The black areas on its slopes
are lava flows
The ambiance was definitely
better than the
buffet lunch
The people of Kintamani used to live by lake Batur
but following eruptions in 1917 and 1926 they moved to the high cliffs overlooking
the lake