UPDATE May 10: A Canadian national held responsible for the controversial event has been deported from Indonesia, after officials deemed the event “disrespectful” to local customs. Read the latest update here.

Anytime one visits the Uluwatu temple in Bali, it’s just good sense to be cautious. It’s very likely that guides at this popular tourist destination will tell you to at least put away any dangling items from your person, lest you want it snatched away by the temple’s main inhabitants-slash-furry local thieves — the monkeys.

Bali Governor Wayan Koster said recent spikes in daily cases can be traced back to the year-end holiday, but claims the rise is “still tolerable” despite these being some of the highest numbers the province has seen since the beginning of the pandemic.

This morning, some parts of Bali’s Badung regency woke up to houses submerged in flood and streets turning into streams following some heavy rain last night, scenes from which are making the rounds on social media.

The mass vaccination program against COVID-19 officially kicked off today in Bali, with Governor Wayan Koster being the first person in the province to receive a dose of the CoronaVac vaccine.