Ubud, Indonesia Travel Blogs

... to Ubud from Padangbai, the beach town responsible for both my delight and misery....I've got some connections I want to make in Ubud.  So I rent a motorbike...it only costs 5 dollars a day here but the driving is a bit treacherous...it seems you can ...

A travel blog entry by rawhideone
This is a top pick!

It's hard to describe how nice Ubud is without sounding smug, but it really is that nice. I guess it's because here you find a spectacular fusion of tradition and modernity in a friendly (and cheap) atmosphere. I can't believe how nice it is to sleep sound ...

A travel blog entry by stephen.j.booth
This is a top pick!

... little cooler, with lots of artists...also lots of ex-pats...plus a monkey sanctuary.  Well, small it is not.  Apparently Ubud has grown and grown and now has more shops than you could ever take in...and in fact, there are lots of artists...but ...

A travel blog entry by rawhideone
This is a top pick!

... day after our mammoth day trip we left the Argasoka Bungalows and checked into the much more comfortable, clean and air-conditioned Ubud Bungalows just a minutes walk up the road. The price reflected this improvement, over 4 times the price, but for one ...

A travel blog entry by gonetilwhenever
This is a top pick!

... found that there were offerings to small staues everywhere, even on the islands of busy streets. We caught a bus to Ubud yesterday morning and found another "traditional-style" place with the most amazing gardens (and there were chickens just roaming ...

A travel blog entry by philthy
This is a top pick!

He Said: Bali is sort of an anomaly. Indonesia currently is the world's largest Muslim nation (there are more Muslims here than the entire Middle East) but the small island of Bali is the last remaining pocket of what was once a vast Buddhist and Hindu ...

A travel blog entry by globedecker
This is a top pick!

Bali: beautiful. Indonesians: wonderfully friendly. Weather: oh my God I am in an oven (at least I am assuming an oven gets hot; poor Phil, I have never actually USED one...). I love hot weather. Loveitloveitloveit. Can't get enough of MICHIGAN in August. ...

A travel blog entry by sarah
This is a top pick!

... nbsp; I uploaded some more pics into some other entries too.  Even though it was the fastest internet connection in Ubud, I still couldn;t manage to upload any videos without crashing my browser.  I'm really bummed about that, because I've taken ...

A travel blog entry by suzettesp
This is a top pick!

Wyan, who works in the Pradha cafe is an amateur woodcarver on the side, and offered to take me to see some 'Master Woodcarvers' in Ubud.  This town is known for its art, and I'm not really into paintings so much, but when he mentioned wood carving I ...

A travel blog entry by suzettesp
This is a top pick!

Nyippe is tomorrow, but that is the day of rest.  Today is Nyippe-eve?  I'll call it that.  Today is Nyippe-Eve!  It's like New Years Eve, and today is the day for the party!  All the Ogoh-Ogohs that have been in preparation for ...

A travel blog entry by suzettesp
This is a top pick!

... Official Driver) and I took off after brunch for a day out.  (I now have brunch everyday, I'm getting so lazy here in Ubud!) We headed up to Bali Bird Park and the Reptile park adjacent to it.  I've uploaded a few of the highlights here.  ...

A travel blog entry by suzettesp
This is a top pick!

Today I went to the Ubud market to buy a new blouse and belt/scarf for Temple.  I actually did it too, and of course I got a few more things.  After the market, I went to a restaurant called the Dirty Duck.  I'd been there before for ...

A travel blog entry by suzettesp
This is a top pick!

... of my own. It is strange that with all the recent media hype around bird flu we thought very carefully about coming to Indonesia, even though the human impact has so far been very slight. Over 20,00 people have contracted Dengue fever in Indonesia so ...

A travel blog entry by ad_n_caz
This is a top pick!

... me actually) and we went for lassies* after the fair and swapped travel stories.  Her name is Faith and she just came to Indonesia from a month in Thailand, so I had to pick her brain to find out all the great spots to visit while I am there.  ...

A travel blog entry by suzettesp
This is a top pick!

... was on my wall last night in my hotel.  Good thing I think they are cute.  So, speaking of hotels.  In Ubud, they are called guest houses, and they are literally the guest houses of families that live here.  Each family here kind of ...

A travel blog entry by suzettesp
This is a top pick!

I spent the whole day today at the spa. I have no pictures. It was 5 hours of unreal luxury. I has a Swedish massage, a body scrub with something that smelled like Maple Brown Sugar Cream of Wheat (and felt like it too)  Then a body treatment of ...

A travel blog entry by suzettesp
This is a top pick!

... Hindu paintings, and wood and stone sculptures.  Guess I'm going shopping!  If any of you guys Google "Ubud Indonesia" and see any crafts you want, just send me an email.  I'll be happy to UPS stuff to you from here, it ...

A travel blog entry by suzettesp
This is a top pick!

... dedicate today's entry to the house. In the center of the village of Ubud lies the kings palace, in front of the palace is Ubud's main town Temple called Pura Desa.  (The back wall of Pura Desa is the front wall of the Palace.)  Just to the ...

A travel blog entry by suzettesp
This is a top pick!

... motorbike and we were there in no time.  (I'll tell you another time about the naming convention for the babies born in Ubud, it's pretty unique.  And Eddie is an even more unique incarnation.)  The temple is a sacred place, so you have ...

A travel blog entry by suzettesp
This is a top pick!

One morning I got up early and visited the Farmers Market in Ubud, and this is what think I thought I saw.

A travel blog entry by suzettesp
This is a top pick!

... ) 12. Bill and Di being here for two weeks 13. The Food, The People, The Island and it is an Island in Indonesia, not a country - I was corrected very directly on that by a non-Bali native from Java. 14. Running through the Rice Fields and back roads ...

A travel blog entry by duke_schewe
This is a top pick!

... public transport. That kind of thing is more for the fun than the money. Afeter getting our room we were wandering about Ubud and ran into a Belgian couple that we met in Padangbai. They were shopping for various wood carvings and invited us to join ...

A travel blog entry by philthy
This is a top pick!

... we'll all hang out for Easter weekend in Kuta.  After that, who knows?  Maybe I'll use my last two weeks in Indonesia to bounce up the islands and head toward Thailand island hopping.  It might be cheaper, and more fun!, than a flight up to ...

A travel blog entry by suzettesp
This is a top pick!

... .  I was given specific instructions on how to dress and act in order to attend a ceremony in the Village Temple in Ubud.  There are ceremonies all the time, I think sort of like how Christians and Jews visit church and Synagogue weekly, though ...

A travel blog entry by suzettesp
This is a top pick!

... Mongolia's 3-0 or not. I guess Mongolia is still in the lead due to the fact that I scored an away win against Indonesia, answers on a postcard! While checking my emails the evening before I was leaving I found an email from Air Asia. Basically they'd ...

A travel blog entry by irax
This is a top pick!

... cafe today.  It's a process, right?  LOL I met a really great lady yesterday, Riley, from Montana.  She's been in Ubud for a month, traveling solo like me, she is an OT and we had diner together last night.  She gave me the low down ...

A travel blog entry by suzettesp
This is a top pick!

On 04 May I decided to get the hell out of Kuta. A shuttle bus landed my fairly painlessly in Ubud and I checked into Ketut's Place. Incidentally, for those of you using the 2003 Lonely Planet, the Suci Inn no longer exists but the manager from that well ...

A travel blog entry by barrettbingley
This is a top pick!

... tea. I think the 4 Seasons has now been surpassed for sheer quality, price, atmosphere and friendly people! I walked around Ubud afterwards and did some window shopping. Not too many tourists right now...perhaps a combination of the bombings a few years ...

A travel blog entry by tracystravels
This is a top pick!

... the locals by quite a bit and this was obviously not the case now. Saw McD's and Starbucks...noticeable absent in Ubud....thankfully. As an aside though, Americans may complain about seeing these non-Balinese signs of america but some of the locals I ...

A travel blog entry by tracystravels
This is a top pick!

... the town with an eye towards stability rather than interesting architecture. Not that I blame them. The flight on Garuda Indonesia airlines to Bali was pleasant enough and fairly short. Customs & passport control went smoothly and efficiently, so ...

A travel blog entry by easyread
This is a top pick!