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Ode to the Unreal

He shouted loudly, "Ok. Jump!" "Next pose. Back to back." "Next pose. Hands up." "3 pictures done." And he handed back the phone to the one being photographed. I watched amused at the whole sequence of play, while in queue for my own photograph.  This was in the Pura Lempuyang Temple in Bali. It was beautiful, and why not, after all, it was 3rd on the list of the "Top 10 most Instagrammable locations" in Bali as per Buzzfeed. Just one catch though. The place looked nothing like what it looked like on Instagram.  We scratched our heads and stood there, wondering where the water had gone. The Instagram pics clearly showed a temple gateway and its stark, unambiguous reflection in water. Except, there was no water!  And yet, people were queuing up to take a picture. If there's anything I have learnt staying in Singapore now, it is that, if there is a queue, you join at the end -  it does not matter if it's for a