North Bali and Ubud

Our Villa in Pemuteran

Private Pool

Another view

The inside

 View from the lanai looking Mauka

 Coral

Giant Clam

 Cool coral and yellow reef fish

 Underwater gardens

 Starfish

Our party continued along the north coast of Bali through a number of small towns until we reached Singaraja, where we turned south and headed up the mountains.  I took over driving since we left Medewi, and have become accustomed to the traffic and driving manners.  I actually enjoy driving through Bali.  You go into a trance, exercising your peripheral vision as much as normal sight.  The temperatures once again dropped as we climbed several thousand feet on the small, windy mountain roads.  We passed several lakes and stopped for lunch at an old golf course restaurant.  Heading down the hill we passed through Bali's only strawberry farms.  Finally, we crossed east until we reached the artist's haven of Ubud.  U'i and I found the same homestay where we crashed over 2 years ago, and rented a room for us for the night.  We walked around town the next day, stopping in at the small art shops and took Mike on a walk through Monkey Forrest.  We checked out around noon and made it back to Uluwatu within 2 hours.  U'i and I walked down to the surf break in time to watch the rising swell (Temples was 6-8ft Hawaiian, Race Tracks around 4-6ft and perfect).