Loving Ubud! - Blogabond

Headed up to Ubud, the central part of Bali and the hub-bub of all things cultural. We booked ourselves into a beautiful losmen where guesthouses are built around the family temple. The place was just serene and full of quiet animal life. We spent many hours just gazing into the bushes and trees, finding as many animals, birds and insects we could, as one of the family members would do their prayers in the morning. Next something a bit more active, we spent sometime looking around the town and passed through the markets. During our stay in Ubud, we rented a moped and ventured to a museum and surrounding villages; and visited a few cultural museums, one of which was dedicated to just female artists in Bali. It was well set out, and a lot information was available regarding particular pieces and all of the exhibited artists. Highlights however was finding the restaurant that served copius amounts of Arak everytime we visited, hence we visited a lot! And going to the Classical Dance perfomance set at Ubud Palace, and how could I forget the hustle and bustle of the market (which Tim by the way, tried to avoid like the plague!)

Following Ubud, we were craving a little of the beach life and decided to move on to the Gili Islands while we had the time to so, thus a quick stopover at Padang Bai which is a small fishing town and port to the Gili's and Lombok. Took the advice of Trish (from our travels before) and chilled out at the Ozone bar....the best food and the biggest mugs of tea ever (on bali anyway)!

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Priya&Tim on September 9, 2006 from Ubud, Indonesia

from the travel blog: Cheeky Round The World Trip

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