Stuck in the Mud Tegallalang Rice Terraces The morning starts with a 7:30am yoga class by the pool. After breakfast our driver takes us to Tegallalang Rice Terraces. These Rice Terraces used to be just rice fields but now they have become one of the biggest tourist attractions in Bali. They are stunningly beautiful on their own and they have added all these photo op areas around the fields. John refused …
Temple Trekking and Monkey BusinessGate of Heaven Three thirty in the morning arrives awfully quickly. By 4am we are heading to our first temple which is Lempuyang Temple also known as Heaven’s Gate. We drive up, up, up. Then we pay for a shuttle bus to take us up, up, up some more. Then we climb up, up, up a steep hill…and we are there.It is a pretty but small …
Bali Views and FoodHiking the Rice Fields We start the day with breakfast overlooking the jungle surrounding our cottage. Then we book tours for the next few days and head out on a hike into the rice fields. Ubud is a city, but with one quick turn onto a path and a few steps you are suddenly transported to a peaceful, rural setting of rice paddies. The trail we are …
Arrival in Bali, IndonesiaFlight to Bali We have a night flight from Kuala Lumpur to Bali. After the efficient perfection of Singapore’s Changi Airport, Kuala Lumpur’s airport is a bit of a poop show. I found it disorganized with a lot of unnecessary lineups. Rather frustrating. Fortunately we arrived at the airport well ahead of our departure time so we didn’t start panicking with all the delays getting to our …