Hi! We are currently in Ubud, and heading home tonight. Hayley is at the day spa, and I'm wandering about. We had a nice stay in Sanur, and then our friend, Ketut, picked us up and drove us to Ubud. Our accommodation was not that nice and smelled strongly of sewerage, so decided this was not how to spend the last days of our holiday. We did a day trip to Ketut's village and spent some time with his family. His 17yr old daughter Ayu is working at a homestay in Ubud and she came with us. It was a really nice day, it had been 10yrs since we had visited the village. The poverty was very evident still. Ketut no longer works driving tourists, as it has taken a long time since the bombings for tourism to improve. He now works in the rice fields and driving other workers to different fields throughout eastern Bali. They were happy to see us, and we were suprised to find our photos from 10yrs ago on his walls. Was a memorable day.
On our return we booked into new accommodation at Ubudgreen. We booked a room that came with a plunge pool as a treat. On arrival we were miraculously given a free upgrade to a 2 bedroom luxury villa (apra 2). Luxury it has been.... the villa more or less sat in fields of rice paddies, incredibly pretty, large plunge pool, beautiful living area and kitchen...with a wine fridge. All rooms has a flatscreen TV and lots of little extras. We had breakfast (included) served in our villa each morning, was Really good! Oh... we also had our own butler assigned to us :) in case we needed anything! Oh... and we had a driver to take us into Ubud if we required. We did not want to leave!!! So our last few days has been Awesome! Home tomorrow! Love to all! xxxxxxx
