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We awoke to an astoundingly beautiful sunrise over our private jungle slice. - IMG_20131127_174425010
We borrow the Purist's complimentary mountain bikes for a ride through the rice paddies north of Ubud. Bryan is into it. - IMG_20131126_203646
The stream running through our "room." - IMG_20131128_080158110
Next, breakfast was served in our sala. Fresh fruit, bread, and mie goreng, a traditional fried noodle dish very popular in Indonesia. - IMG_20131127_134141995
Leslie in front of the seemingly-over-the-top-but-actually-quite-typical entrance to the courtyard of the museum. - IMG_3194
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We head out for our first excursion: an art museum that wasn't quite the one we meant to go to, but was still pretty cool. Leslie mugs. - IMG_3195
A typical street in Ubud town center. Many scooters, many shops. - IMG_20131127_134551921
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Nice dry-stack stonework at the Purist. - IMG_3196
Another Ubud street. - IMG_3197
Hindu temples abound in Bali. Here's a nice Komodo statue. - IMG_3200
Ubud temple. - IMG_3204
Toro Sushi in the middle of Ubud. - IMG_20131127_173549235_HDR
More Ubud sites. - IMG_20131126_211318101
The bedroom itself. - IMG_20131126_203633
Cool Balinese art decorations. - IMG_20131126_203736
View out to our private deck. - IMG_20131127_140214273
Typical ornate door finish. - IMG_3212
We finished the night in Warung Schnitzel. - IMG_20131126_211331674
Bedroom. - IMG_3205
Toro Sushi sashimi sampler. All quite good! The owner spoke excellent English and had even visited Texas. Very social. - IMG_20131127_170906793_HDR
The football field. Scheduled to have a 3-story parking garage built underneath it to accommodate tour buses during the high season. - IMG_3211
We attend a traditional Kecak Hindu dance performance, which supports a local Hindu congregation. - IMG_20131127_134824698
Leslie ponders in the art museum. - IMG_20131127_135738809
Did I mention that Lion Air was the airline we booked to take us to Yogyakarta and back to this very same airport? We actually rebooked on Garuda Indonesia for a better schedule. - IMG_20131126_211247091
Our little slice of jungle. - IMG_20131126_203545
The dining table in our semi-outdoor living room, where we'd take our meals :) - IMG_3207
Eat, Pray, Love: the book that alerted the Oprah-book-club demographic to Ubud's existence. - IMG_3210
Bryan loads up on Rupiah at an ATM.