After a great week of having a travel buddy, I said goodbye to my first Finnish friend last night and got this 'traveling alone' business rolling along. My days, I believe, will consist of much more aimless wondering, more reading and writing, more time spent with my homestay family, some yoga classes, and most likely in many more cafes and coffee shops around Ubud. Now that I know this town, it is beginning to feel much more like home. Like seniors scoffing at the new freshmen in college, I suddenly feel like a seasoned veteran when I see tourists trying to find their homestay in their lonely planet books. Only a week ago, I was in their shoes...
Today was mellow and relaxing and nothing of the stressful sort. Slept in till 6:50- the latest yet...I have learned to sleep through the roosters but not the damn geckkos yet (I know that is terribly misspelled)- and started the morning off just as I have these past 7 days. Bali coffee, banana jafel (pancake-pinini breakfast thingy) and fresh fruit. Explored and got an 'energy cocktail' from a wonderful cafe with wifi, met some more Aussie girls who came here for yoga, turned in my laundry, read, napped... Like I said: not stressful.
Decided to try to find this walk we've heard about. Pretty sure I didn't find the right path but pretty sure I found something better. Pretty certain I found my new favorite little street in all of ubud. If you follow monkey forest road out of town and jump onto the little path that runs parallel to the monkey forest sanctuary, you immediatly lose all the toirists, come across a couple vendors hiding amongst the trees and end up at a little temple with an entry fee. Take a left and start following this quiet little road. With very little traffic back here, rice paddies and gardens are scattered along the road amongst a few cottages, temples, little restaraunts and a large football field. I even found a place tucked away that does free yoga everyday that may just possibly be the most beautiful, zen place I have ever seen. Exactly the kind of street I have been seeking out for the past 7 days. I found my new favorite warung on my new favorite street- it has two fans, three walls, four tables and served me the most divine mango juice I have tasted yet. It is shady, nicely decorated and had the most soothing traditional-sounding music playing. Though my concentration from reading was broken when the song 'I just wanna get with you, and your sister, I think her name is Debera' came on... But that was immediately followed by the traditional Bali music again. Yep, definitely my new favorite spot.
More walking, exploring, reading, writing, eating and just finished my night off with a scoop of chocolate ice cream (so good here in Bali) and a phone call to china. I think I will be okay with this for another 6 days....
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okay megan.... this is making me insanely jealous!! i want to go back to bali so bad, i really believe it is the best place on earth! :)
ReplyDeleteone more piece of advice for you... there is an AMAZING little organic restaurant out in the rice fields in ubud. i can't remember how to tell you how to get there exactly, but ask around and someone can probably tell you. you walk for 15 minutes outside of town and come to a little hut in the middle of the rice fields. it may be a little pricy and trendy, but it is beautiful and had some of the best food of my entire time in asia. Love you and can't wait to hear about the rest of your travels!!!!