Hey y’all! :)
A lot has happened in the last week, so let me tell you
about it.
After our stop in Canggu, we went to Ubud. Ubud is known as
the yoga centre of Bali, literally everywhere in its busy little streets, you
can find offers for yoga classes or Balinese massages. The town also has many
different temples. Some of them lay in the so called “Monkey Forest” which we
visited on our first day. It is simply gorgeous there!! The rainforest with its
huge trees, little creeks, and various ancient-looking bridges is home to a
couple hundred monkeys. They sit on the trees and temples and like to be fed by
the tourists. But you have to be careful! The monkeys are known to be very
sneaky and like to grab loose items. We have heard stories about them stealing
phones, sunglasses, etc. One time we sat down to relax little and a monkey jumped on my head!
Luckily he just pulled at my hair and the jumped down again.
On the next day, we decided to rent a scooter and go to the
Campuhan Ridge Walk and the Tegalalang rice terraces. I have never driven a
scooter before, so I sat on the back of Sofie’s and directed where we had to
go. First, we went to the Campuhan Ridge Walk. That is a little track from
which you have a nice view of the surrounding rainforest and villas. It was
beautiful! From there we drove to the
Tegalalang rice terraces. They were exactly how I had pictured them in my mind,
green terraces on both sides of a small valley. We could even see some workers
with the traditional hats and gear.
The next stop on our tour through Bali was Mt. Batur. Mt.
Batur is Bali’s tallest volcano. It lies in the north of the island in a round
valley with a big lake on one side. We stayed in a hostel called “Black Lava
Hostel”. We had our own bungalow and could oversee the lake, very cool! The
hostel offers private guided tours to the top of the volcano. We decided to do
a tour, so on the next day, we got up at 3:30am to start our hike. We started
so early because we wanted to see the sunrise from the top of the mountain. Equipped
with walking sticks and headlamps, we walked through the jungle. It was pitch
dark and hard to breath because of the humidity, really exhausting. After we
left the jungle behind us, the path became narrower and steeper, even more
exhausting! After about 2 hours we reached the top just in time for sunrise. It
was absolutely worth it! You could overlook the whole valley and even the
mountains of Lombok island. Our guide served us breakfast (coffee, tea, hard
boiled eggs, and banana sandwiches) while we sat on a bench and enjoyed the
view. We walked around the crater and visited a cave inside of it. Our guide
explained that the indigenous people sometimes hold religious ceremonies there,
super interesting! We walked back to our hostel and appreciated the cold
showers and food after this really awesome but exhausting hike. It was so worth
it!!
On the same day we drove back to the south of Bali, to
Seminyak. The beach there was amazing, so we just relaxed. On our second day
there, we went to a restaurant called ”Ku De Ta” It was right by the ocean and
had an infinity pool which we could use for free, if we ordered a drink. We
spend most of the day there. In the afternoon, Sofie went to the airport to
pick up her boyfriend who came to visit and travel with us for a week.
Meanwhile, Taddi and I went to a really cute little restaurant in a quite
courtyard called “tasty vegan”. The food was delicious! In the evening we
walked to the beach to watch the sunset.
Right now, we are on the Gili islands, but I will write about that in my next entry.
Love,
Anne :)
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