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Bali - Ubud and Kuta

Bali is beautiful


I wish that we could have spent more time there but we ended up getting stuck on gili. To make up we spent 3 nights in a place called Ubud and did a day tour where we saw soooo much.


We saw a traditional Balinese dancing. it was really cool cause there was no instruments. The men who were seated all around chanted and made a whole bunch of different sounds it sounded like there was music coming from all around you.
They also made the setting by changing how they were sitting and moving around. at one point they turned into a snake that was transformed from an arrow that was shot by the evil king.


afterword there was a man who was dressed as a horse danced around on burning coconut husks. i didnt really understand the reasoning but it was impressive all the same.


We went to a bunch of different temples which were all very intricate.


Harvested some rice with some old ladies who tried to charge me for it after.


The scaffolding they have there was made of bamboo and fabric ties. pretty amazing.


Saw some rice fields




We went to one temple that had spring water, the locals were preforming some sort of religious thing at all the taps and the children were not happy about it. the water was actually really really cold.


They had a koi pond with these giant fish. i mean they were huge, you cant really tell by the picture but they were about the size of my leg. probably bigger actually.


we stopped at some gathering from one place to the next. not sure what was going on it just seemed kinda like they were all waiting for something but it started waiting so we left.


we stopped at a touristic coffee making place.


Tried Luwak coffee which is made from the beans that have passed through the digestive system of a civet. wasnt anything exciting actually, just tasted like earthy coffee.


we got a try a whole bunch of really good tea for free though.
Afterwords we went across the street and we got my friends to try durian for the first time.
It has a very interesting and distinct flavour. Ill post a video later when I have faster wifi.


for lunch we went to this panorama hill to have a buffet lunch. very tasty, nice view.


Next stop was mother temple, the oldest temple in Bali. when we got there they told us that "we were very lucky" cause there was a "special ceremony happening today and the temple was closed" and "we were allowed to go in if we were accompanied by a local" all we had to do was pay a small donation.
We probably would have paid but my friends that i flew to meet told me there was a ceremony the day that they went. 
So i told them that i think we would be ok just going around the outside and not going in the main part.
So we walked all the way to the top in the little temples surrounding the outside and then walked right back down the middle. there was some people who had paid for the local to accompany them for the ceremony that didnt seem to ever take place. But also some who were just wandering on their own.


We walked way up tot the top where is was really quiet and peaceful.



Last stop was another rice terrice.

here is a guy who doesnt know that he is going to have to tip the local for using his basket and hat for the picture.


Bali is great,
Except Kuta.
Kuta sucks. 
Super touristy and people are drunk all the time. No fun at all, unless you want to do that. 
Everywhere else in south east asia uses old waterbottles to hold petrol for motorbikes cause they are so available . In Kuta they use Absolute Vodka bottles. Enough said.
its just the closest place to the airport so we spent a night there.


For more photos check the album on the left! Remember to comment and pass on!




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  1. Hi -- what tour company or driver did you use?

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    1. We just asked the people who ran our homestay. All the tours that were offered everywhere were pretty much exactly the same.

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