Guesthouses Ubud

Die Fahrt nach Ubud geht über eine kleine Straße, auf der ich definitiv nicht selbst fahren möchte. Am Rande werden die Statuen, Tröge und Wasserfälle aus Stein gefertigt, die sie bei uns in Asia-Möbelhäusern für teures Geld verkaufen. Genauso die ...

... out soon enough which sex they are  [Andy: Sadly a valuable lesson learnt too late for Tom]. We checked out a few guesthouses when we arrived. The first place had a few cockroaches in the bathroom so we kindly declined, the second was full (and ...

... , and it is everywhere you look: everything is always decorated with flowers and colors and art...from the guesthouses to the people to the food! I arrived in Ubud alone, but I was so excited to be there that I just randomly made a friend walking down ...

We arrived in Ubud and for the first time we didn't have any accommodation booked. We had read that there were literally hundreds of guesthouses so we set off on a search for a cheap one. It only took us about half an hour to find one, a nice double room ...

... challenging; from the minute you get off the bus, people offer you rooms. But we had heard that many families run small guesthouses that are not advertised, and that was exactly what we wanted. Leaving Shen behind with our backpacks and a mango juice, I ...

... had decided to take the week off. (it was a wednesday) I had no idea how to get around Mataram and there was no signs of guesthouses or alternative transport in sight so i had to pay a ridiculous amount of money for the driver to take me back to the ferry ...

... off at the top of Monkey Forest Road, near the tourist information center. I had printed out papers and maps and all this with guesthouses but again, couldn't be bothered to go on a quest. So, I wandered down this little side street and took the first one ...

... suprised arriving at our Guesthouse that it was on such a busy road, I had imagined a very quiet area.  The guesthouses/bungalows themselves were more primitive than our previous accommodation, with open rooms, no front door or walls for that ...

... was booked up that night so we needed to look for another place to stay. We spent two long sweaty hours looking at numerous guesthouses and trying to find a place with A/C. Hardly any of the places had A/C – all waving out to the rice fields and ...

... known to us at the time the taxi driver dropped us off in the wrong place.  We walked for a while and found some guesthouses anyway and after looking at a few really low standard rooms we settled at a slightly nicer one called Ubud View.  The ...

... room before agreeing to stay there. Besides the resorts and luxurious hotels lining the streets, the mid-range and budget guesthouses were all small bungalows enclosed in courtyards and seemingly ran by the owners and residents of the premises. The first ...

... where we turned right and walked in a big circle, re-joining Monkey Forest Road by the football field. We saw plenty of shops, guesthouses and quirky cafés/restaurants, but little else. The next day we woke up to bright sunshine and a clear blue sky. We ...

... looking for the right guesthouse.  The streets here are DENSE – shops, shops, shops, restaurants, galleries, small guesthouses, large resorts – it goes on and on.  So many travelers! And motor scooters zipping everywhere, chickens ...

... and cranny, and are given frequent offerings to maintain their happiness resulting in constant offerings and ceremonies. Many houses and guesthouses will have their own elaborate courted temples, but at the very least a small alter is tended to ...

... of tourists that are coming for more of the resort style vacation, and the prices in some places are the same as alot of the basic guesthouses that you would get somewhere else, but you get alot more for your money here. The food is good, and cheap. I am ...

... at the temple. As for nature, it's quite clearly respected! Enter any family compound (and since many of these in Ubud double as guesthouses, this is quite easy to do) and you'll likely find plenty of greenery amongst the tile-roofed buildings. Cycle ...

... on the menu. Annoying. But besides all that (which I think is endemic to Bali, not just Ubud) it's a very charming little town. I wandered into a couple guesthouses to see if I could find something cheaper- nope. That's the part that really sucks about ...

... After an hour and half bus ride we arrived in Ubud and was immediatly assulted by people trying to get us to stay at their guesthouses and homestays. We took a bunch of their cards but told them that we were looking for one place that we had read about. ...

... I would eventually make the town. Also soon after this point started to once again start wandering past lots of shops, and guesthouses. At this point saw a side street and decided to wander into the suburbs and towards some rice fields. Didnt go to far ...