Jumping islands

Despite me finally starting to see the charm in Ubud, being on an island inland away from the sea is a small torture in itself.  I decided to head one island over to Lombok by catching a minibus to the village of PadangBai on the east coast of Bali. Padangbai was quaint, very chill and [...]

Going for a ride

A cacophony of horns was the perfect soundtrack to what could only be described as exhaust sputtering road rage and chaos. Trucks overloaded three times over with dirty cargo had clogged the narrow intersection and motorcycles were buzzing in a swarm through every possible opening (including the sidewalks). It wasn’t even rush hour, this was [...]

A monkey attacked me today!

Well, not really. But it sounded fitting since my last post was dramatic and fraught with bad luck.  I decided to escape the drunk Swedes and Australians in Kuta and head north by minibus to the little town of Ubud.  This place is still very touristy, but sleepy (things close around 22:00) and tucked away [...]

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