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Bryan relaxes in what he decided to refer to as the "Sala" in our room. - IMG_20131126_203545
The dining table in our semi-outdoor living room, where we'd take our meals :) - IMG_20131126_203633
Cool Balinese art decorations. - IMG_20131126_203646
The stream running through our "room." - IMG_20131126_203736
View out to our private deck. - IMG_20131126_211247091
Our little slice of jungle. - IMG_20131127_114637122_HDR
Leslie and Bryan arrive at "The Purist" Villas just outside of Ubud. Those are fresh flower leis! This place is very posh. - IMG_20131126_211253906
Our other private deck off the bedroom. - IMG_20131126_211318101
The bedroom itself. - IMG_20131126_211331674
Bedroom. - IMG_20131127_133842234
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_20131127_134141995
Leslie in front of the seemingly-over-the-top-but-actually-quite-typical entrance to the courtyard of the museum. - IMG_20131127_134551921
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Leslie ponders in the art museum. - IMG_20131127_135731697
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_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_20131127_173549235_HDR
More Ubud sites. - IMG_20131127_143333722_HDR
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_20131127_181549431
Bryan at the Purist Villa. - 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_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. - 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.