Category: Travel

After a disagreement last night about what we’d do today, it was raining this morning. So we lay in, took it easy and enjoyed walking slowly along the garden path with a big umbrella arm in arm.

Well not sure why that got all the rave reviews on google. I try not to have expectations, but the reviews and then locals we met had all said the ridge was “really beautiful” and “amazing”. But it was just an overgrown path that you could have found behind any council estate set of garages. Except this one had a few palm trees…

After a lot of waiting and crowd dodging, I got this one good photo. The view was ok, but getting to the ridge walk actually ended up being far more interesting.

After an hour’s drive to pick up some other guests, we passed our hotel again. A further 10 mins up the road we arrived at the rafting centre, after being warned not to discuss our ticket price with anyone…

Well I may have judged Ubud harshly. I think I might have been tired or the rapid change from disciplined calm in Japan to frantic mayhem here was a shock, because today was a lot more enjoyable. 

We were picked up this morning and taken a short way up the road to Kubar ATV Adventure. Give Aimi the chance to ride an ATV and that’s what you’ll find yourself doing.

No complaints here!

We woke up in paradise. There is no other way to describe it. 

We look out of bed thru the mozi nets into the villa at the huge vaulted ceiling and exposed thatch and wood beams. There is some white chiffon netting over the windows around 3 sides leading out to the leafy garden. Over the stone garden wall topped with a lichen coated chubby monkey, is the lush green valley dropping off steeply.