Ubud Palace

Day 15 - January 25

I personally had the best nights sleep since we have been on the trip. The bed was comfortable and we left the air on at 21 C. Nice for sleeping but cool for just sitting around. Yes, we are acclimating some to the climate. It’s still hot out but not as hot as it was on our arrival. The name of the city we are in is Ubud, that's pronounced oo-bood. Both of the oo are promounce like the oo in moon.

Breakfast at the hotel was very good. There were eggs to order and real bacon. There was a great variety of other food as well, including fruit, pastries, and other things, very tasty.

After breakfast we decided to go for a walk. We got about a quarter mile from the hotel and Bonnie miss stepped on an anomaly in the sidewalk and went down hard. She is okay but we turned around and went back to the hotel so she could clean up. After that was taken care of we were again on our way. Walked around for a couple of hours. We went through a market, but didn’t buy anything. We stopped in a Hindu Temple not sure which one but it was very interesting. Turns out this was not a temple after all. It was Ubud Palace that we happened on while we were here. Wandered to where we no longer saw tourists wandering around and decided to head back to the hotel. Stopped for gelato on the way back. Nice break and very tasty.

Once we got back I discovered we had walked about 4 miles. It was very warm. We stopped for gelato on the way back and settled down in a chair to cool off with a nice snack. We stopped at a mini-mart also and picked up some Coke and tonic water. Back to the hotel. Bonnie laid down to rest for a time and then turned on the TV. I fixed a Beam and Coke and started writing. We have an appointment for manicures and foot care at the spa. Looking forward to continuing our relaxing day.

At 4 today we had set appointments for manicure and pedicure for both of us. Actually mine were called foot and hand care because I got no polish. Turns out Bonnie got the same because she didn’t want polish. This took nearly two hours and truthfully I didn’t think it was that great. Not sure why this is something people like. Bonnie did say the process was much different than in the States.

We got back to the room and putzed around for a while. We then went to dinner here at the hotel and had a lovely meal. It was very tasty, the staff was attentive and helpful. It was a very enjoyable meal. We then went back to the room to try to decide what we would do the next day and what our next destination would be in SE Asia or Indonesia. No firm conclusions on anything. But regardless our driver would show up at 8:30 AM.