We arrived in Ubud in the previous night in rain, chaos traffic, after sun set. The room was so cold that I had to wear socks to walk around the villa. Ubud is around 600m above sea level, and while the sun can get searing in mid-day, the nights are often cool and the air is feels much less humid than Singapore (at least in June!), yes we slept without air conditioning that night, and the next 2 nights too! Amazing!
We holed up in a Villa Tania, Nang Locong booked via Airbnb. Here a relaxing morning with the Breakfast prepared and freshly squeezed juice. Our appointment was to get Agung to pick us up at 1245pm from Radiantly Alive yoga.
Some sun into our villa early morning. I managed to do 251 laps in that pool!
Was asked to remove my phone from the yoga studio, hence no images there. Instructor was Geoff Brooks, really good hatha lessons, learned a few tips forgotten or never taught.
A must-eat is the Bebek !
It happened to the opening day of the Bali arts festival. Dozens of arts troupes all over Indonesia were invited to Denpasar for a street festival like parade. Many ethnic groups as well as foreign arts groups showcased their traditional dance. The wifey was entranced with the various Gamelan/Indonesian music which she teaches as part of her schools curriculum.
The Wives
The Men, look closely for Jokowi.
We saw Denpasar for the first time and it was chaos getting out of the festival with huge jams. We took almost an hour to get to Ku de Ta. The oh-so-familiar Red umbrellas welcomed us home. Been here several times, the chill vibes were great.
Being seated in the second level meant that no direct sunset view (cue: Drone shot)
Sunsets in Bali are early, ~6.05pm at this time in June. We took a nice walk along the beach to La Lucciola. A nice restaurant with really authentic and delicious gnocchi.
It was ~45mins straight back to Ubud.
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