Essential Bali Issue 4 Mar/Apr 2015 | Page 39

essentialactivities Splash down We’re adding canyoning to the list of activities that leave us with a big grin, a beating heart and a feeling of ultimate satisfaction I t is perhaps the most surreal moment in Essential Bali’s history. A small group of Balinese, dressed in pristine white, are holding a ceremony. There’s nothing remarkable in this; we see it all the time. But not from 20 metres above, not separated from the group by a raging waterfall torrent and not when we