Ubud Spas - Reviews and Rates

We decided that a mountain/river view was getting boring, so we decided to move to a place overlooking a rice paddy. Better breezes, more light and a new ambiance.

Only trouble was our move would conflict with lunch. Ibu Oka was finally opening after two days into the ten day holiday. We had to time it right or we would be caught up in th...

Last night we attended another dance
the Barong Legong – which we really didn't get. The costumes were
cool though – especially of the lion and the gamelan band (all
male) was cool. Speaking of which – the men have it pretty good
here, it is a patriarchal society. When a woman gets married she has
to go live ...

(Jim) I had two culinary ambitions when we arrived in Bali. I wanted to try the bebek bengli, the famous Balinese duck: flavored with spices, smoked, then deep-fried. Even more, I wanted to eat what TV chef Anthony Bourdain called "the best roasted pig in the world". Ibu Oka is the name of a shop in Ubud on a side street right off the main road....