Kuta to Ubud

Yey!! It feels like we are travelling again, cars driving like crazy people, scooters everywhere, people honking horns, beautiful temples and rice fields along the way. Now don't get me wrong, having normality back when we were in Malaysia was nice but I do looove this madness of the real SEA ☺️ As Will just said "Ah it feels like we are home again", meaning Vietnam.

Ah I just can't explain how beautiful and ornate the buildings are here. From shops, houses, just about every building is carved with the most beautiful designs. When we arrived at our guesthouse it had beautiful fountains and plants in the garden area. However when we got to the room it was basic. Back to the life of a backpacker in our box room, cold showers and windows that don't shut properly. Luckily I only booked one night. We had a nap and then headed out for dinner. There was food EVERYWHERE! But I wanted to go to a particular warung and wow it was soo yummy and a perfect meal for me. We ordered the Goda Goda and Nasi Campur and it was sooo tasty with lots of little bits and bats. Best meal we have had in a long time and so nice to have vegetables and fresh non deepfried food! We then wandered round the town at night and honestly the buildings are just so cute and everyone is so nice here. Even the taxi drivers ask politely if we want a lift and if not they say have a nice day. Only been in Indonesia 2 days and I'm loving it.

Well last night we both slept terribly in our box room, it was hot and a girl next door was skyping throughout the night and then again at 7am. But that wasn't the worst part. Will found a bed bug on his trousers!!! We quickly packed our stuff and headed out. We are now praying that we don't find it anywhere in our stuff... We quickly booked another guesthouse and we were welcomed with such loving happy faces. We were given a lovely room, fresh watermelon juice and teas and coffees! OK so it wasn't a great start to the morning, but such a nice relief once we got to the new guesthouse. They even invited us to their family temple and dressed us up in their local attire. It was all just beautiful.

In the afternoon we headed out for lunch, walked around the town and then got dressed up again in in the traditional attire ready for the procession. So when we were told about it we thought we would be watching it, nope we were in it! We walked with our homestay family from temple to temple along with all the locals from this particular village. The women looked so beautiful in their traditional outfits, it was such an honour to be part of it. Such a lovely end to the day.Leia mais