After my cousin joined me, and my 3-days in Kuta, we decided to move to Ubud, as all the people I met that visited Bali recommended this city, for the temples, rice terraces and because it's a quiet and a nice city, more typical than Kuta.
We took a 2hours van to get to Ubud, a town in the North of Kuta, inside the island.
As it was warm weather, we decided to book a guest house with a pool, and it was a good decision.
I spoke with an American woman in the van, who talked about an incredible thing to do: climb the Mount Batur, which is 2,000m high to watch the sunrise. Meaning climbing the mountain in the night, with a flashlight, looked like a unique experience!
Once arrived in Ubud, we booked two tours for the next few days:
- With a personal driver to discover the surroundings
- The hiking tour to Mount Batur
The guest house was in fact really awesome! In the middle of the jungle, quiet and with nice architecture. I am not used to provide any housing name, but if you have the chance to visit Ubud, Yuliati House is a good place to think of:
Ubud is a nice city, but still looks like our western countries streets, I think to match tourists hometown aspects.
We walked in the street to find a nice place to eat, there are a lot of cute house entrances like this one, in a Hindu-style:
7th of May
We woke up early, our driver was waiting for us directly outside the guest house.
His name was Keitut, and I remember that on this dashboard, there was a weird fur-style carpet. I thought about the biodiversity growing inside this hairy carpet.
First, we went to the Ceking rice terrasse (also known as Tegalalang), 15 minutes by car from Ubud.
We went to walk in the terrasse. It was beautiful, big, and so green. The weather was warm at 8am, and there weren't a lot of people, the best moment to walk around the stairs. The view was incredible, I felt small and close to the nature, and my eyes weren't stopping moving around, to enjoy every second.
After enjoying this hour walking there, we took our breakfast (banane pancakes, so tastyyyy) with fresh juices in front of this paradise.
Then, we drove to a "coffee break", as say the Indonesian there. Meaning coffee plantation, for the famous kopi luwak coffee, or "poop coffee".
This plantation (named alam Bali Agriculture) had cocoas, anis, cloves and green cardamome.
This coffee is really famous around the world. The coffee grains are digested by civets (small animals looking as cats, sleeping all day, with night activity), fermented and then the intact grains are retrieved from the faeces. It's actually the most expensive coffee in the world, and very tasty.
We had a nice tea and coffee tasting:
- Coffee: coco, vanilla, ginger, classic arabica
- Tea: ginger, mangosteen -a tropical fruit- (tasted like grapes)
But to be honest, I didn't enjoy seing these poor civets, spending they entire lives in a cage, as captive so humans can enjoy drinking this coffee.
However, this coffee plantation has such a beautiful landscape.
The next stop offered a nice view on the Mount Batur, or Kintanami Volcano. On the next day, we would be on the other side (and then I will provide more details about the volcano).
When we arrived here, and a lot of Indonesian hawkers were rushing to sell us things, such as bracelets or dresses. It was oppressive, as we weren't peaceful to enjoy the spectacular panorama in front of us. Our strategy was like in school when the teacher asked something to the class: lower your eyes and avoid every eye contact.
Next, I will make you discover typical Balinese temples.
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