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Leslie ponders in the art museum. - IMG_3194
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A painting of the April, 2013 crash landing of a Lion Air flight into Denpasar. - 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_20131127_140214273
Typical ornate door finish. - IMG_3195
A typical street in Ubud town center. Many scooters, many shops. - IMG_3196
Another Ubud street. - IMG_3197
Hindu temples abound in Bali. Here's a nice Komodo statue. - IMG_3198
Daily offerings to the gods of incense, crackers, candy, and more were laid out practically everywhere in bali, including the middle of the sidewalk. - IMG_3200
Ubud temple. - IMG_3201
We stop at Toro Cafe, which according to Lonely Planet may be the best Sushi in Bali. It was very good, actually! - IMG_3204
Toro Sushi in the middle of Ubud. - IMG_3205
Toro Sushi sashimi sampler. All quite good! The owner spoke excellent English and had even visited Texas. Very social. - IMG_3206
Ubud streets. - IMG_20131127_170645915
Typical offerings left in the street. Stepping on them is bad form but hard to avoid entirely. They are cleaned up and replaced at least daily. - 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_3207
Eat, Pray, Love: the book that alerted the Oprah-book-club demographic to Ubud's existence. - IMG_3208
Ubud shop. - IMG_3210
Bryan loads up on Rupiah at an ATM. - IMG_20131127_173549235_HDR
More Ubud sites. - IMG_20131127_181549431
Bryan at the Purist Villa. - IMG_3211
We attend a traditional Kecak Hindu dance performance, which supports a local Hindu congregation. - IMG_20131127_193348857
Kecak dance. - IMG_20131127_194337940
This Kecak dance featured a fragment from the Ramayana where Rama falls for a demon's tricks. - IMG_20131127_203137519_HDR
Then a "hobby horse" kicked fire around. - IMG_3212
We finished the night in Warung Schnitzel. - IMG_20131127_143333722_HDR
We awoke to an astoundingly beautiful sunrise over our private jungle slice. - IMG_20131128_063737847_HDR
More astounding beauty. - IMG_20131128_064931556_HDR
We did some yoga on the deck because how could you not. Here's Bryan enjoying a forward bend. - IMG_20131128_070043289_HDR
After morning yoga we enjoyed a swim in the pool as the sun gently filterd through gigantic palm fronds.