I slept like sleeping beauty - 12 hours. Unbelievable – no alarm clock, no animals, no neighbours – nothing – pure peace. Now I can say it was the best sleep I’ve had in past weeks that I’ve been travelling. I woke up feeling rather famished. Sofie took me to a restaurant called Betelnut Café owned by Australians. It was a very nice little mexican café where you are allowed to also bring your dogs to join you. I ordered a watermelon shake and a beef sapi (burger) – it was so good. It tasted like an Australian burger – it felt like home. It was nice to have a good burger. I’ve been super lucky in Kuta, everything I’ve eaten has been extremely tasty. After lunch, the restaurant called a taxi for me to get back to Ubud. Sofie gave me 200,000 rupiahs ($21) to pay for the taxi - as I had used all my cash the night before. Sofie is the sweetest girl. I am so glad to have met her.
I jumped into the taxi and we negotiated a set price for the drive back to Ubud – 170,000 rupiahs. The car had air conditioning so I loved it. It was such a smooth one hour drive back and I even directed the way to Eka’s Homestay once we reached Ubud. I’m starting to recognise Ubud roads pretty well, which is very cool – I think. When I arrived at the homestay, I had to wait for Sandra, Christina and Julia to get back from shopping. For the first time, Bali started raining. It was pouring down heavy rain and the homestay courtyard was flooding. The girls came back drenched.
Before leaving Ubud, we stopped by the Bintang supermarket. I bought more cigarettes, noodles, tissues and a torch. It was really cheap. I paid 150,000 rupiahs ($15.95). During the 3 hour car ride, we talked about what we did on Saturday and slowly dozed off one by one. It was a nice smooth drive, but going uphill on the windy road is never fun but we survived the long drive.
Before leaving Ubud, we stopped by the Bintang supermarket. I bought more cigarettes, noodles, tissues and a torch. It was really cheap. I paid 150,000 rupiahs ($15.95). During the 3 hour car ride, we talked about what we did on Saturday and slowly dozed off one by one. It was a nice smooth drive, but going uphill on the windy road is never fun but we survived the long drive. It was yet another great weekend. However, I am looking forward to another week of a Balinese lifestyle ahead of me.
Good night world.
XOXO
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