bali: part II

BALI: PART II. Our third day in Bali was spent in Ubud, a wee bit up north from Canggu. There's quite a bit to see there, so it's also a little more touristy, but still not overrun like Seminyak or Kuta. We rented a driver for the day and started at the rice field terraces, then we headed to the monkey forest (where we witnessed a monkey rape), the Goa temple and the Batur Mt. volcano. We also stopped at a plantation farm thing, where they among other things produce luwat coffee beans, which are coffee beans eaten and then pooped out by these ferret-looking animals, it's suppose to be yum yum, but I prefer not to consume things that have come out of a butthole, thank you.

bali: part I

BALI: PART I. Oh snap, guess who's back? Bali was a dream, much more exotic than I had expected. The day before jetting off I found a super affordable room in an amazing villa in Canggu, which is north of Seminyak and Kuta, the party areas, so it's more quiet and not very touristy at all (God bless Airbnb). The foreigners you do meet actually live in Canggu or like us do not want to get caught in the touristy hustle and bustle that Bali can be. We rented scooters, we ate a lot, we met some really great people and basically just did whatever we felt like doing...Sooo relaxing... Oh Bali... Aku cinta kamu. ♥

adios amigos

ADIOS AMIGOS. Off to Bali for some Eat, Pray, Love inspired days with my buddy-buddy Sabrina, back on Tuesday. Have I ever read Eat, Pray, Love? No. But Sabrina sums it up as finding oneself and I desperately need a getaway to just breathe, relax and soak up some sun (weather forecast: sunny, 30 degrees, thank you Indonesia!). I feel like the last few weeks have been so busy and intense and monsoon season can be so depressing. Sunshine, here we come! :)

gueven: day 2

GUEVEN: DAY 2. On the second day, we slept in and then it rained and rained, so we were confined to the apartment for a bit, then we headed downtown to Maxwell Food Center, another hawker, again for chicken rice, so good. Then I showed Gueven Marina Bay, where it started raining so badly once again, my feet were soaked! Then we got home, changed and headed to dinner at my faaaaavorite, Din Tai Fung (it never gets old!!!), with Maurice, Sabrina and William, and then Cold Stone. Then Sabrina and I showed Gueven Clark Quay, a bar/club area and theeeen we headed home for a good night's rest (Gueven is zzZzzZz as I prewrite this post :)).