Bumbling in Bali again Part 1

I guess I’ve done my fair share of travelling and I can comfortably divide the places I’ve visited into two distinct categories: Places I only need to visit once and places I know that I will return to again and again. Bali falls into the latter.

And a year later I find myself here again, aircon still not fixed

After a lengthy haggling session with the taxi driver (not very effective) we managed to get to the outskirts of Kuta and took a long walk to Komala Indah II, the nice garden cottage which I lived in last year. When we got there, they only had a little shack in the family compund left for us but it was cheap (5 bucks) so we took it. Spent about 12 hours a day in the bed, inclusive of napping in between surfing simply because that’s the thing to do here.

The room, after a few weeks of occupation

First order of business the next morning was to get some motorbikes. Decided to trust the shop right outside our place to help us with our transportation needs. We kind of hit jackpot, good price, good bikes, good service and most importantly, clean helmets.

The usual morning scene

Once your basic needs are settled, it’s really just downhill from then on. We ended up staying a month at the same place for a month because really, what more can you ask for? It’s hard to find a balance between routine and adventure while on holiday but I think we really lived it up in that little shack we called home for a month. Mosquitos got pretty insane some nights, I systematically took my revenge each morning by slaughtering them while they slept in the cupboard, abdomens bursting with our blood.

Some scenes from home:

Adib, the boy who stole all the sweets Derric gave the children

2nd favourite dog

Favourite dog

Mama dog who lives behind the room with her pups

Lazy afternoon, hypnotic gamelan virtuoso playing in the background

Ubud is the hangout for local artists, spiritual hippies, yoga loving travellers wearing sarongs and bandanas and lots of beads around their neck and.. well you get the idea. Found some pretty good food there though:

Babi Guling at Ibu Oka, roast pig and mystery parts

Dirty duck diner. Very delicious but at a very tourist price.

There is a pretty good market in Ubud

Found this on the Kuta-Ubud route, a huge black demon pig being chased by a naked knife wielding demoness thing.

 

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