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You’ll find ornate cave carvings at Goa Gajah just south of Ubud on the island of Bali. You’ll enter the sacred area through the parking lot after walking past throngs of merchants urging you to buy a required ceremonial sarong. Choose to buy a local’s garment or wait for the free sarong you can borrow as part of your entry fee at the gate. A cave with menacing characters carved into its face is the main attraction, mentioned in Balinese poems as far back as 1365. Inside you’ll find sexual carvings like the phallic and yoni symbols of Shiva. The bathing pools in front of the cave, complete with beautiful female fountain sculptures, were discovered in the 1950’s. The surrounding structures were added to the ancient site sometime later.