Sunday, July 8, 2007










I'm sure I'm making most of this up because for some reason my notes are pretty thin from this trip, but I'm pretty sure that we went into the town of Ubud and spent the rest of the day there. Ubud is considered the cultural capital of Bali, mainly because the southwest, where most people live, is completely overrun by hotels and development. But Ubud is far from an untouristed city, and in fact is almost entirely given over to tourism. But it's still a very attractive, laid back place to explore. As I said earlier, the whole town is built from a very mellow yellow stone, which gives the town a real warmth, even in the rainy weather we were experiencing. Our first stop was for lunch at Cafe Wayan, one of the most beautifully situated restaurants I've been too. It's spread around a very lush garden, with lots of Balinese art strewn about. Unfortunately food amounts to not much more than nasi goreng, but it's a lovely place to spend a couple hours. (10-16-7).

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