Magic of Ubud

Ubud I felt was my place, it was very spiritual and natural and didn't feel overall touristy. We spent the days walking around town, getting massages, eating local food which was like a dollar after the exchange rate. It just needed beaches and it would become my favorite place.We hired a driver for two days to get around a bit easier.DAY 1:We started at the Tegalalang Rice Fields, honestly you should have been there and heard me trying to pronounce some of these names. It was beautiful, we began to walk to fields but got a little lost when it started raining and we couldn't really see in front of us so we just turned around and walked the way we came. We were covered in rain and mud when we got out but totally worth it.Down the road was a plantation, were they make coffee, which comes out of an animal. Yeah I found it gross also, they feed this animal a certain bean and then they digest it and then they clean and roast the beans and it becomes coffee. Sarah made me try it, it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. Luckily for me though, they also made tea's and they let us taste test all of them also and I wanted to buy half the flavors, we were there for over an hour just trying to narrow down which tea's to buy, I settled for cinnamon. I was very devastated when I ran out.We then ended our driving tour at the Saraswati Temple where a dog photo bombed my picture with it, but I think it made the photo better. Down the road from this was another market place which we sussed out.DAY 2:This was our day for chasing waterfalls. Here is another tongue twister name, we started at the Tegenungan Waterfall. Which is a zillion steps to get down to and then its balancing over rocks to get to the waterfall which has a sign in front of it saying, 'be sexy but no naked' which of course we got a photo in front of. Our  driver for this day was quite funny, he just kept taking photos and getting us to do different poses, it was like having our own professional photographer.Since we were already wet from this waterfall, we jumped over to the next one. Kanto Lampo. The driver was surprised when we asked to go here, because it isn't as touristy yet, but if you only have time to do one, go to this one because its just so beautiful. You can climb it and take photos on the waterfall. It was magic.We needed to dry off so we went to a chocolate factory to make chocolate elephants, though once we were there I may have gotten a little bit distracted. We saw a honey bear in an enclosure so I ran down to have a look at him, he was so cute, and I just wanted to hug him, the lady said I wasn't allowed but. Sarah then went to the bathroom leaving me alone staring at this bear, the trainer then walked into the enclosure and I asked if I could hug him and he said YES. Sarah returned from the bathroom to find me sitting in the bear enclosure with this beautiful animal sitting on my lap. So we spent the afternoon hugging a bear, best experience ever.We ended the day walking along the Campuhan Ridge, a beautiful relaxing walk that would be perfect with some yoga mats. We are definetely coming back to Bali again so stay tuned for the next adventures here.