Ubud

So after a long hiatus on the blog, i am finnally at a place where I can post something so here it goes:

So the last few days in Kuta were pretty fun. Ange and i took a trip across the penisula to a fancy seafood place where you pick out your seafood, then they grill it for you. The tables were on the beach itself, so it was
fun to watch the waves roll in and crash on the beach with your toes in the sand. It was also nice to see more of the island and get away from the Kuta area. There was a traveling four or so piece band that went along the beach playing songs for tips along the way, sort of like the mariachi
singers in a mexican restaurant in texas. They came up to our table and played, "Lady in Red" probably because Angie was wearing a red skirt. After asking us where we were from, Colorado, they played a John Denver song. We were impressed with their repertoire of songs, but they suffered from what Ange and I call "Id-nigh oker" disease. You see when we were in Guadeloupe (French Carribean) years ago, we were at a bar where a guitar player (think Tyler Hansen at the Princess) played the Steve Miller song, where the refrain ends "your a mignight toker" but being a french speaker, he did not quite catch that bit of english, and everytime he would sing, "Id-nigh oker" which made us laugh. These guys were the same but on a slightly higher scale... they didnt know
most of the words and simply made sounds that were very close. That is part of the reason I cannot recall the exact John Denver song they played, as too many of the "lyrics" were just sounds.

We finally left the touristy trap town of Kuta on Bali and went to the interior town of Ubud. Where Ange wanted to do the last of her buying. Ubud was much nicer, it was there that i was able to upload some pictures. More of that to come when I can get to it.

The place in Kuta was right in the middle of the action, but located in an interior of a "block" if you could call it that which meant it was a reasonably quiet place to stay in the heart of it all -- a little paradise of green and flowers, etc. The place in Ubud was truly quiet -- or if not quiet at least rural in character. Located about 1/2 a km from the busier (but not as hectic as Kuta) town center, it was really green, and complete with the sounds of the jungle at night and the crowing of roosters in the morning. It had a beautiful pool, a nice bathroom and all the guest rooms were made of stone. Ubud was nice. It was cooler than Kuta, the food was all good, and the place was the nicest place we stay at in Indonesia.

It seems that I have written all this before, but I cannot find the posting on my blog, which leads me to think "what happened to it?" At any rate I have a lot to write, and I will publish this one and move on. We were in Ubud for two days and then we were off to Gili Meno, a small island off of Lombok the next large island in the Indonesian archipelago.

until next time,

newo out.