Yogis in Ubud Indonesia
When we took off from Colombo Sri Lanka, we got reminded why this flight was so cheap.
Flying with Air Asia, is not the best experience but it’s for sure a cheap one.
The flight to Den Pasar in Bali was just a 3 hours one, so with no leg space, no TV screen and no free food or drinks, then it works.
We slept the most of the time so thank my ability to sleep anytime anywhere if I want, great job Monkey.
Landed at the airport in Bali, Indonesia and everything went smooth.
Having a Swedish and Canadian passport is great, no need to pay for the visa, it’s powerful papers right there!
Instead of staying in the horrible Kuta area, which is the most common thing to do for first timers, we took a taxi to Ubud.
Both of us have been here a few times before so we know how it works and where to go, even do a lot of things have changed since last time!
For 300 000 rupees you get all the way to Ubud, it’s about 1.5 hours.
We found this place on Hanoman street, one of the main ones that runs through Ubud, a place named Dewa Bungalows.
We felt we wanted a pool because this place is inland so in this heat and for some more relaxation that was a priority.
350 000 rupees a night, for a great room with 3 beds, one double and one single, Aircon and a big balcony overlooking the really nice pool!
All these places in Ubud are amazing with the special Balinese Architecture.
Hindu statues all over, narrow paths that reach the rooms, restaurant and the pool.
The roofs are all tiles , steep and rounded up to end at a pointy peak.
Walls around the bungalows and pools are all made of stones and tiles, looks amazing!
At night time they were playing these Balinese instruments, some kind of drums that makes a very soothing sound and the melodies they play are different, very relaxing.
Ubud offers a lot of the Balinese culture, it’s such a peaceful place, probably the best place to be healthy and relax at.
With all its amazing vegan and vegetarian restaurants, you can get healthy and very tasty food, an average of 3 USD per meal per person.
We tried one called Veggie Table which is a super nice little restaurant along Hanoman street.
Seems to be quite popular, an that’s not a surprise.
Their coconut tofu curry have a really intense flavor, it’s a bit different from the thai.
In this one they fresh up the curry with some lemon grass!
I ordered some extra spicy chili one the side to spice it up.
An amazing dish!
The service here are also very good, the girls that work there are happy to serve you and make sure your experience there is top notch.
I’ve been in Ubud before, about 5 years ago, and everything was so different.
It’s growing and getting way more tourism .
But if you stay on the bit of the “outskirt” of the city center you will get to experience more of the authentic Balinese culture! It’s amazing.
The best experience I’ve had was this time, we found out about this place Yoga Barn.
It’s a big Yoga, meditation, be healthy and live healthy retreat on an absolute remarkable land!
How they set up the place with its restaurant, yoga studios, juice bar and various of platforms for different purposes are incredible.
It’s all situated on different spots scattered all over the area in this “jungle”, wisely chosen to fit the best purpose.
All on different levels, low and high.
Wooden platforms on the ground and built up platforms in the sky.
Stairs from the restaurant lead you down to the yoga area.
Above the platform on the ground you have triangle shaped nets hanging from palm tree to palm tree to block the strongest rays from the sun, looks very cool!
Here you can stay and live on the grounds doing courses in many different kind of yoga, mediation and a big variety of alternative therapies.
The first time we tried a 1.5 hours of Vinyasa Yoga which movement is synchronized to the breath, is a term that covers a broad range of yoga classes. This style is sometimes also called flow yoga, because of the smooth way that the poses run together and become like a dance. The breath acts as an anchor to the movement as you to flow from one pose to the next in time with an inhale or an exhale.
Which was a bit harder because of the more advance poses, like headstands.
Felt great after the session and the next day my shoulders was sore, great work out!
In the restaurant they also sell tasty treats, Raw treats! So when we were done we tried the carrot cake and one chocolate bar that looks like a Nanaimo bar, but the first layer was some kind of mint and then a thick layer of raw dark chocolate , delicious!
The day after we did a morning session, a wake up yoga that makes your body energized.
Also movement is synchronized to the breath, but way more simple stretching and here you get more of a static workout, sweat way more!
You also got more meditation practice in this one.
Hatha Yoga.
Felt very awesome after that!
My absolute favorite massage is the Balinese massage!
Its a mixture of Thai, with some of the dry pressure massage and minor bending, but this one have way more of the oil relaxing massage! Its fantastic!
3 Point is the name of the place, healing spa & beauty salon.
The ambience there is perfect ! Great comfortable beds, with nice dim lighting and very nice soothing music.
Your comfort and enjoyment seems to be their priority.
We packed up and left Ubud around 11:30am, on our way to Gili Trawangan!
Love Ubud!
It takes about 1.5 hours to get down to Padang bai, the pier.
There we had to wait almost two hours before getting on board.
A small fastboat with around 60 people.
We sat on deck, where one of the guys that works on the boat had set up his own sound system, and sold Bintang!
So the one hour boat ride to Gili Trawangan was awesome.
Arrived yesterday to this gorgeous paradise island, enjoying life!
