Honeymoon Guesthouse Ubud

... 3 mile hike into the Ubud countryside.  We saw temples...rice paddies...rice harvesting...and met some of the Ubud artists.       It was on the hike that I found my painting.   Tonight is our last group ...

... worth the splurge alone.  This feast was perfect to come home to after my 8am yoga sessions in the hotel's studio overlooking Ubud from city center.  Also, a bathtub and mini-fridge in our backpack world is the equivalent of coming home to find ...

... am at my 4th hotel within the past week.  I was planning on finding a hotel in another town after my reservations at the Honeymoon Guesthouse ($30/night) were finished.  I instead decided to stay in Ubud (cause i really like it here).  So I ...

... fill the hotels and therefore no good work for the people here as they mostly sit around waiting for tourists to come.  Ubud is a little weird, because while it is a gorgeous town with interesting shops galore, it's built mainly for tourists.  ...

... (six months of 35 days each). I was privileged to attend one of these celebrations at the temple next to my first guesthouse. Children in ornate costumes danced on stage while their younger siblings fled dancing monsters; meanwhile, some of the men sat on ...

... were there. Bali is unusual in that the rest of Indonesia is predominantly Muslim. It seemed to be the 'in thing' to stay in a guesthouse run by a local painter and, never ones to buck a trend, we did the same although we suspected our painter-owner was a ...