During our 2 weeks of staying in Bali we have heard a lot about Ubud. Firstly, our friend recommended us to visit it saying it’s an amazing place, after that we read about Ubud as much as possible and then we understood that we have to see this artsy town. On the next day we were on the way.

FLOWING INTO UBUD

When we were 15 minutes away from our booked hotel, we realized that we are in Ubud, because of the traditional buildings which seemed to be built many centuries ago, some decorations on the road and green plants everywhere. This was our first impression of Ubud.

The second we entered the center of Ubud, we were amazed how many tourists are there. Yeah, we could imagine that the town will be full of them, but not like this, haha.

THE PLACE WE STAYED AT

We booked a relatively cheap room in Pondok Taman Asri Homestay (1km from the center) and we were happy to see that the place is really nice, greenery around, tasty breakfast included and very cozy room, simply designed and comfortable . Good Wi-Fi, hot shower, everything you need :)

In Ubud we stayed for 3 nights and paid 28$.

SOAKING IN THE ATMOSPHERE

We went to explore the streets of the town, gladly we have a scooter to ride around, because Ubud is not so small as we thought.

Guys, for us this town was full of creative energy, seriously, we could feel it. How? Well, imagine, you are going through the main market street and you see many shops and restaurants and they ALL ARE DIFFERENT! Each one of them has something special.

For example, one restaurant is vegan and the design is like made from the nature, wood and light colors, while the cafe next doors can be a place for romantic dinner. People who are owners to one or another place in Ubud are artists for sure! Honestly, above the Ubud, somewhere in the air there is an artsy energy flying around :)

It’s a great place to catch some inspiration or to take your camera and go for a golden sunset hour to take spectacular photos.

Probably, people are selling everything here, starting from fancy clothing shops, swim-wears, bracelets and ending with bags, souvenirs, and some dream catchers. This continues in almost every street you want to turn. A big choice is guaranteed, so if you want to buy something specific, then reserve your hotel for several nights, hahah.

TRAFFIC EVERYWHERE

Seems like Ubud loves attention and traffic is usual thing. Scooters, cars, crowds crossing the road wherever they want, but you know what? It looks good, Feels like it’s supposed to be a bit chaotic.
But this family made us smile, and what are your family goals? :)

SARASWATI TEMPLE / LOTUS TEMPLE

We were walking through the main road and accidentally got in to the Lotus temple. The view wasn’t the best one, because all the lotus flowers were out of bloom. Although the temple was quite impressive, we still are amazed by Bali buildings design, it’s so unique and probably the key word is details

While taking pictures at the temple, we heard an instrumental noise, when we turned around, we saw a group of kids, bunch of the playing different instruments, 2 of them were dressed as a dragon, while one more kid had a box for donations. I bet they earned a lot, since this continues for the 3rd day :D probably some kind of religious celebration.

If returning to the description of the temple, then visit it during season for lotus flowers, because the view will be worth it.

CATCHING THE GOLDEN COLORS

When we left the temple, the golden-yellow-orange color of the sun hit our faces, I was so happy in that moment, don’t know about Yan :D but the feeling I had inside was unbelievable! I felt like everything around me turns into something so close to me in one word color just melted me away. The street was in a beautiful color, playing with shadows. We stopped for the moment, to enjoy, to feel, to escape. WONDERFUL!

While we were admiring the sun, we forgot how hungry we were :D

The place we checked out is called Biah Biah Warung. When we saw the menu, we were surprised by so friendly prices and quite interesting, authentic and traditional Balinese food. Oh, I forgot to mention that we were not the only ones who found this place so nice. We had to wait in queue for 15 minutes to get a table, the warung was full and around 5-7 people behind us!

We ordered a bit of everything, because they were offering small plates options for 50 cents. To say it was delicious is not to say anything! We absolutely loved that place.