Arrived at Denpasar Airport, and got mobbed by baggage men! They carried all our bags for about 10m, then asked for money. No sale! Bad traffic to Ubud with our driver Nora, and met Maddy at Nirwa Homestay. Lovely walk to the home stay next to a small stream where we played poo sticks each time we walked along it - funny!
For lunch had chips, mee goreng, satay and spag bol sitting in a small hut on top of a bridge. So nice and hot. On way back passed a mango lady who tried to rip us off - no sale!
We all then slept apart from Aiysha who read Order of the Pheonix! Bought some mango, mangusteen, but not so keen on jack fruit. Saw some monkeys in the monkey forest, but stayed clear. We took all our food precautions, but Roxy had trouble swallowing the medicine, and eventually went off mangos when we tried to mix it in - what a shame.
Walked down Ubud high street looking at temples, eventually stopping at Cafe Lotus where we stayed for dinner and the daily 7.30 cultural show, which was pretty special setting in amongst a pond of lillies. Lasagne, fish, shrimp and spinach, and ended with fried banana and ice cream. We even had a cocktail and coffee! Oops, blew our budget. Ah well.
Walked back with our torch along the stream and saw loads of spiders. Played Happy Families, and watched the geckos on the ceiling.
Amazing start to our holiday, and great feeling to be back in Asia again!
http://www.nirwahomestay.com/ - our view is on the home page - we stayed in that room!
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