Right as we arrived in Ubud many different people stuck there heads in the windows asking if you needed rides or a place to stay. We decided to go with one guy for a place to stay since we originally didnt have one. He took us there on his moped/scooter. Jess went first, it was so funny seeing her with all her stuff on this little scooter haha backpack and all.
We stayed at Ubud Permi right near the monkey forest. It seemed really nice upon arrival. We stayed there for 2 nights. The first morning monkeys were being so loud outside running and jumping from roof to roof. We walked out side to see and they were every where, mind you this was 6am. There was also one of the employees shooting monkeys with a sling shot haha. The second night Jess had a cockroach in her bed... not fun! It wasn't the cleanest place we stayed but it had a nice pool, wifi and breakfast included. When talking with some girls staying there also, they were moving to a new place because the night before there was a rat climbing on the wall in there room. I was happy we only stayed 2 nights and were leaving the day all this rat and cockroach business happened.
The first day in Ubud we walked around. We got dinner at this amazing restaurant called Art Cafe. Jess and I both agreed it was the best meal we have had since we left for our trip. We had the most amazing vegetable pizza and margaritas. I got the burrito bandito and jess got a salad both were amazing! I was so happy after i thought i might poop out a rainbow, ok maybe thats a bit intense but the food was so great. We walked around a little more then happened to run into our friend Sandra from Canada who we meet at the pool earlier in the day. We got a drink with her at a local bar/restaurant. At the restaurant guys came in and joined out couch area where we were sitting. Dewa a local came and sat next to me. He knew the guys that were playing in the band on stage. Dewa was awesome, he had dreads and tattoos all over his face and arms. All the tattoos on his face he did himself, quite crazy. I might of some how had a little crush on him haha. He also did paintings for a living and we exchanged numbers because he invited us to go with him to a waterfall the next day with another guy from Germany. We didn't go because we wanted to try and get to Gili islands.
The next day we walked around more and went to the yoga barn to sign up for some classes. I bought 3 for 300,000 rupiah like $10 a class kind of expensive but it was an amazing place and yoga is something u need to do in Ubud. We also ate at there restaurant which was all natural healthy food. it was amazing!! Everything was super fresh and healthy for you.
Of course after eating we did our yoga class. It was fun it was a beginner class and probably my least favorite out of the 3 i did, but still wonderful. The studio was amazing you felt like you were in a tree house. it was a big circular upstairs studio all open to the out doors with trees all around you.
After yoga we got dinner haha we went to Maha a place where Sandra told us to go because there are bunnies in the court yard and she said you feel like you are in alice inn wonderland. The food was still good not as good as art cafe but still good.
On our way to more rice terraces our trip took a turn for the worse. We accidentally took a wrong turn and walked down a private driveway. It kinda looked like a temple or something because it was a nice gate and stuff, minus the 2 dogs barking at us. They were at the other side of the car park as we approached the open gates, but there are so many dogs in bali that bark all the time so we didnt think much of it. We walked a little closer and as we realized they were barking at us and getting up from where they were we kinda just stopped. Then they started running at us, Jess told me to walk away slowly so they wouldnt feel threatened. I turned my back to walk away slowly. Jess just continued to walk backwards. I felt the dogs getting really close. All of the sudden i felt one bite down on my ankle. I just froze i was so scared, I thought for sure i would have 4 puncture holes and blood everywhere, it hurt so bad. Jess and I just stood there for about a minute which felt like 4-5 minutes. We just didnt know what to do, there were still right next to us growling and we didnt want them to attack again. I was just trying to hold back tears and tell myself i was fine and not scared (since dogs sense fear). All of the sudden a lady walking down the correct path the the rice terraces saw the situation and talked us through it. I really dont know what we would of done if she didnt appear. She said she was very confident that neither of the dogs had rabies. we slowly walked away in shock that that happened and continued to the rice terraces. My ankle was not as bad as it felt thank god, however it still broke the skin and was bleeding.
On our way home we walked into a local shop with all natural remedies. He quickly took us to the clinic 3 shops away from him.
The clinic was an experience of its own haha. Lets just say it wouldn't meet health code in America haha. There were ants on the floor, geckos running all over the walls and flies. I sat down on a medical table and let the nurse clean my wound out. She scrubbed at it for like 5-10 minutes it was so uncomfortable and hurt! I tried to swipe an ant off my leg so it wouldn't go into the open wound and she told me not to move or touch anything hahaha.... I have never experience anything like it before. Then she put a little iodine on it and sent me on my way. No bandage or anything. We ended up getting a taxi after because i had to be back at yoga barn for my night meditation and Jess needed to sleep because she had to leave at 2 am to go on a tour to climb a volcano.
Meditation that night was amazing! You get there and sign in then you put on this all natural bug repellant they home make haha i am not sure whats in it but it was like a thick milky color but a lotion. It seemed to work however because i didn't have many bug bites. After you apply the lotion they call you one by one upstairs. Its hard to put into words the atmosphere upstairs. Again it was in the open circular studio, mats were in a crescent with pillows and blankets. The instructor sat in the front of the room, cross legged, eyes closed meditating, with 2 gongs hanging next to him and gold bowls in front of him. He wore a long red dress/toga/sarong thing he had perfect dreads all tied up in a big bun on his head. Everyone else entered one by one no talking at all. you just sat and mimicked the instructor. Once everyone entered the instructor when through how the evening would go. He talked about how meditation with gongs is suppose to heal the body and soul with its high frequencies. He also said people can get up and do whatever there bodies need to do during meditation just without any noise, like dance or walk around haha. He also created a shape in the middle on the crescent with papers. Then we all laid down and he came around with oil he rubbed (quite virtuously) on your forehead. It smelled like Vicks vapor rub, but it opened all senses. then meditation began. It was quite amazing. toward the middle he actually went from person to person with the gong and would hit it right behind you so your whole body vibrated then moved it side to side. funny to talk about now but felt right at the time. it was my favorite part actually haha after he mentions you can stay as long as you need. most people lingered so i did also, i think some people fell asleep, it was an hour long class. I got up and walked home because it was already 10:30pm.
That night i had a hard time sleeping thinking about my leg. I woke up early to go to sunrise vinyasa at the temple again. I got there at 6:50am. The temple and studio were becoming my new home and i didnt mind haha. Morning vinyasa was pretty intense butt felt great. Later in the day my body was so sore from the sudden constant yoga i was doing. After the class i had an amazing breakfast at the yoga barn restaurant. Then walked back to wait for Jess to come back form her volcano climb. The pictures looked amazing! I am a little jealous i didnt go however yoga and meditation were also amazing. An employee of the guest house took me back on his scooter to the house/ temple where the dogs were at that bit me. I was terrified to go back but really wanted to see if it had a collar or if someone was there that could tell me if it had its rabies shot. There were no dogs as we entered the gates but soon enough they both darted out at us. I just yelled go go go like i was on a high speed chase. i was so scared i had both legs up haha. The driver told me they are not stray dogs and belong to the temple and are looked after so they probably have there shots. However I didn't want to risk anything and had a taxi take me to the hospital, the accredited hospital in Kuta.
Quick shout out to my mom for taking up her whole day with research and phone calls to hospitals and research on shots and procedures in bali and Thailand! Love you!
I went to BIMC hospital in Kuta. The hospital was so nice and clean, defiantly way better than the clinic, i got 2 shots, medicine and bandages. My taxi driver even waited for me so i could have a ride back to my home stay in Kuta. I gave the taxi driver $35 dollars to drive me 50 minutes from Ubud to the hospital wait for me and the hospital and drive me 30 more minutes to my home stay, so worth it!
Once I got back to the Waringin home stay i paid a lady $3 dollars to do both mine and jess's laundry, she even ironed and folded it all! I splurged on myself and got a burger at Hard Rock Cafe, which cost so much compared to what we were spending. The bill came to $20 dollars for a burger and a small water! Upon leaving i was asked to donate to the hungry kinds of bali... of course i had to after my nice expensive meal. Then I went back and waited for Jess.
In the morning our taxi picked me and Jess up. We stopped at the post office to send some things home before the airport. Jess was able to pay $100 and send home a huge box! I sent home a small box for $50 because they had to send it by air mail... o well at least it was weight removed from my bag. Upon exiting the bali airport we had to pay a $20 airport tax...whatever that was, but we had to take money out of the atm. Jess realized later that she forgot her card in the machine, she ran back to find it but it was gone. We boarded our flight in route for a 7 hour lay over in Singapore then Phuket Thailand.
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