Ubud Travel Blogs

  I know, I know, I always say the same...the day begins on the pool's bed, he he he   Petalu River We decided to reach the river, there's a trail inside the resort that looks so easy... OMG many thousands stairs :p (ok ok just a few hundreds) on the way to the river we found a Templ…

I often sit quietly and admire the cool warming invisible wave of calmness that seems to exude from my Balinese neighbour as she kneels carefully before the small temple erected in the corner of my garden. To some it may seem like an invasion of privacy but i embrace the fact that the surroundi…

Stay in Ubud, Bali give so much opportunities to see and explore balinese culture.One of it was the cremation ceremonies that would be a fantastic reflexion of balineses culture and one of the oportunity not to missed specially its not happend every day or event every year.On the morning of the cre…

When I look back to the past, my little princes was only young,small innocent baby. But now on I realize how fast time goes by. She is not that innocent and "yes mom" girl any longer. She has her own idea, voice and inspiration. No wonder if one words come from me will reply back with 3-6 sentence.…

It was an early start to the day -- 6:15am meet up in the hotel lobby so we could see the morning market at it's prime.  We were shuttled to the market area in vans, and then it was out and about the market for some eating, shopping, sight seeing and picture taking.  The market acts …

Hinduism is a very open and tolerant religion. You can visit a temple, also when a priest is performing ceremonies. (please be respectfull). Beautifull to see the people in devotion doing their offrings.   Also in as well in Ubud itselves as in the surroundings a lot of dance performances ar…

1.      The hotel where I stayed coz the balcony overlooks the green rice field. I loved getting up early in the morning (while my friends were still sleeping) and sat on the balcony with a glass of honey-lime tea to watch the sky getting brighter and brighter, and the …

This is a forest in Bali as you can see many wild monkeys from a closer touch.

wake up, move to the sunbeds and soak up the sun whenever getting too hot a quicｋ　jump into the pool before drying off again. Breakfast comes delivered to our villa, toast , crossaints, yogurt and fresh fruit sitting under the bale. I don't want to leave but with only two days to go of paradise…

Well, its my fifth night in Ubud and despite the lack of social life I've had a pretty good time here. I've had a couple of decent murder mysteries for company, picked up some new batik skills, indulged in some shopping and spent every evening at The Jazz Cafe, which is where I'm off in about half …

This is an important notice if you are in the way of Bali. The rate of exchange is not constant in Bali (I don't know why) and varies from exchanger to exchanger. In the time I was there, one could exchange 1 USD ($100 note) for 9,000 - 9,800 R. You see this is a large difference i.e. 10% …

This meet up wasnt arrange. Tb sonya call me some day and said that they (sonya and shaun) in Bali. Sure would love to meet them when there's a chance. Beside they want to spend more time in Ubud.Get them from their hotel. After hour we finally arrive in Ubud. Next day i get time to show them bit m…

Welcome to my last blog from Indo. It has obviously been great here, and thank you everyone who has been reading and leaving me such positive feedback. I'm honestly honored that you all have actually taken the time to read my wandering thoughts.So I leave tomorrow for Gili Trawangan. Very excite…

Very Mini Meetup: Ubud is the place where we would meet our TB friend Celine (Anezia27) from France. She was travelling with her friends(a work colleague and her husband). We emailed each other for a few weeks before we met, sharing info of places to visit, etc. So we met …

Several months before Balinese New Year (Nyepi = Silence in english language, is marked by total silence)  the banjar youth group get together and plan the construction of ogoh-ogoh. Ogoh-ogoh are giant dolls made from bamboo frames which are intricately weaved and tied and then covered with pa…