So Celia and I saddled up for a trip to Ubud, which is meant to be about an hours trip by bike, there are meant to be great stalls there where you can buy loads of nice paintings, silver and various other crafts. The traffic was really heavy and we rode like mad, let me just add that this was my first proper experience riding a motor bike, when we checked the map again, we had gone way past Ubud and were headig straight for this mountain (Guning Batur). So we decided not to head back and drive on as we were having such a blast and seeing such amazing sights (the rice fields are amazing) and see where we would end up by nightfall.
We stopped off at Batur lake which is the major source of water for most of the island, had some lunch whicle we fought off the flies, and headed on, Celia humming the A-Team tune in my ear for the next hour.......? Don't know why..? Oh yes, and occasioanly the star wars tune.
This guy who took us to the restaurant gave us directions on how we would reach the north coast, but we had to leave soon and swiftly or we not get there before nightfall. These road signs.... we got a little lost to say the least and ended up on this tiny gravel road riding through this village. What an experience, the villagers carrying their food on heads and shoulders just staring at these crazy tourists as they drive through.
We arrived at the north coast after many a detour and stopped off at this small village on the beach. The old woman were busy planting the rice in the fields, the men were building something and the children just fascinated by us and our motion capturer, they laughed as we shoowed them the pictures we had just taken of them. We stopped off for a drink and to rest our weary asses as by this time we had been about 5.5 hours in the saddle.
OUR MISSION
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Find a place to stay as night was hastily approaching, we did not know how lucky we had it in Kuta as the second place we stopped at (the first was full) asked us $120 for a room which is a joke... We settled for something way out of our price range, only because it was gettgin late, but we did get what we payed for. Absolute bliss. Only one problem, we were surrounded by Germans... again. Where do they all come from, no exxxxxxageration but there must be more Germans outside the fine land than in it. Celia happened to be the only non German speaker there out of about 25. I chated a bit to the owner, Werner, who settled there many years ago and built that magnificent resort. It was one of the most beautiful places i have ever stayed in.
We relaxed for the morning and set off on our next journey round the coast. The coastal road was beautiful and quiet, giving me chance to open up that 100cc bad boy i was riding to an almighty 90km/h, with Celia still humming the A-Team tune in my ear, i was loving life. We stopped off at a cuople spots for kodak moments and set course for the east. We stopped off at this amazing water palace that belongs to the last king of Bali and a couple good surf spots before ending up in Candisasa for a well earned lunch.
Lunch at the spa and a swim in the pool was ama-zing, on our way out and back to Kuta we got chattig to this lovely Austalian woman Amanda who just asked us if we'd like to stay at here house for the night free of charge instad of hitting the traffic. Yes please!! We got to her place and not only was it a nice house, it was a lovely villa overlooking the ocean. We had the upstairs honeymoon suite (sweeeeeeeeet) with open lounge, outdoor bathroom, and just pure relaxation all over it. Celia and i watched some DVD's 'You, me and Dupree' and 'Hotel Rwanda' , although i fell asleep in the second, i do really want to watch it.
The food, hostpitality and setting were perfect and just what we needed before setting off to the hectic Kuta. We stopped off in Sanur for some mealies (corn to the non Saffers) and a Bintang (Bali Beer) on the beach and drove the highway home to Kuta.
What an experince. 3 days on the road taking in the scenery, we could have done more but we had the surfing to attend to. I would reccomend it to all that go here as you can easily get stuck doing nothing on Bali which would be a shame as it is a beautiful island with more to offer than great waves
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