Pura Lempuyang Temple is for some the essence of everything that is wrong with Instagram in Bali.
I’m sure you’ve all seen this photo; with the beautiful gates of the temple framing Mount Agung in the distance, the person standing between the gates and everything perfectly reflected below.
It’s a very Instagrammable shot, there’s no denying that. What you don’t see is the queue of people waiting to take that shot, and the guy holding a mirror under the camera to get the reflection.
Like a lot of things on Instagram, it’s completely staged. Bearing that in mind it’s up to you whether you want to go take this shot, or if you’d rather explore more of Bali and find off the beaten track spots.
