I woke up to another beautiful morning in Bali!
Post breakfast, the husband and I went on a short walk around the neighbourhood - through the farms, along the streams, dodging a variety of fauna on the way. Then we chilled out at the villa for a while, before taking off the Samaya resort to have our lunch at their Swept Away restaurant - my find from TripAdvisor.
We tooka taxi to Samaya resort, with a short break at the entrance of Monkey Forest to see the monkeys - the monkeys here are known to be unruly, so we didn't go in any further, especially as we were greeted by loud cries and shrieks from fellow tourists who presumably lost a purse or a hat or some such thing thanks to one of the abovementioned unruly monkies.
Samaya resort was in a very quiet area of Ubud, but perched on a hilltop, with rooms and restaurants at various levels of the hilltop. It presented a amazing view - one which is done zero justice by the this picture below.
To get to the Swept Away restuarant, which is right at the bottom of the hill, we had to take a buggy. Madam was delighted by that! She exclaimed her "car was so cute!" and "Wheeeeee"-ed all the way down.
Swept Away was right next to a beautiful river with rapids - it is the same river that much of Bali's white water rafting is conducted. While the restaurant itself is a few feet above the riverbed, they had a little path all the way down to the river. We walked down the path and splashed our feet about in the clear, cool waters.
And soon I realized that Swept Away not just had the best location - it actually had the best service as well as the best food! We ordered some black rice with chicken, pasta with chilli prawn, fish & chips and grilled chicken and mashed potato for Madam. They were all, A.W.E.S.O.M.E. Even Madam who is a poor eater otherwise, breezed through her chicken & potatoes ! Their drinks were really good too - I ordered a mixed fruit juice followed by a mocktail called "Oh My God" - a mix of orange juice, ginger and mint leaves - and truly went "Oh My God, it is so good!"
The staff were very good as well. They noticed that Madam had a fascination for the fish in the Koi pond right next to our table, so they got some bread crumbs for her to feed them. They were also super attentive and always making sure we were happy with the food. All in all, it was an amazing experience!
After yet another buggy ride along the steep hilltop, we were back at the villa. We relaxed for a bit and then went on to get our full body Balinese massages, offered free by the villa. How awesome is that!
So the husband and I got an hour of super relaxing massage next to the swimming pool . Then Madam and the husband hit the pool, while I caught up on the blogging with this view as well as the afternoon tea - ice lemon tea & banana fritters - to go along.
We felt pretty lazy to go out for dinner and we didn't fancy another night of dinner from the villa, so we ordered in some food from Warung JB - a restaurant close by. I got myself some Crispy Duck, a specialty in Bali apparently, and it was out of this world!! I was a bit apprehensive at first as I never have had it before, but oh my God, what a mistake! I definitely want to give another go at it before I return to Singapore.
Then the husband and I opened the bottle of wine we had picked up from dutyfree. There was also some excitement trying to get rid of a lizard that had entered the room. But after all that quietened down, I settled down with my book #2 - one by Ian Rankin, with my wine for company, and with the sounds of the crickets and frogs as the backdrop. It was, once again, perfect.
360 more to go.
Post breakfast, the husband and I went on a short walk around the neighbourhood - through the farms, along the streams, dodging a variety of fauna on the way. Then we chilled out at the villa for a while, before taking off the Samaya resort to have our lunch at their Swept Away restaurant - my find from TripAdvisor.
We tooka taxi to Samaya resort, with a short break at the entrance of Monkey Forest to see the monkeys - the monkeys here are known to be unruly, so we didn't go in any further, especially as we were greeted by loud cries and shrieks from fellow tourists who presumably lost a purse or a hat or some such thing thanks to one of the abovementioned unruly monkies.
Samaya resort was in a very quiet area of Ubud, but perched on a hilltop, with rooms and restaurants at various levels of the hilltop. It presented a amazing view - one which is done zero justice by the this picture below.
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| View from Samaya's reception area |
Swept Away was right next to a beautiful river with rapids - it is the same river that much of Bali's white water rafting is conducted. While the restaurant itself is a few feet above the riverbed, they had a little path all the way down to the river. We walked down the path and splashed our feet about in the clear, cool waters.
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| The river next to Swept Away |
The staff were very good as well. They noticed that Madam had a fascination for the fish in the Koi pond right next to our table, so they got some bread crumbs for her to feed them. They were also super attentive and always making sure we were happy with the food. All in all, it was an amazing experience!
After yet another buggy ride along the steep hilltop, we were back at the villa. We relaxed for a bit and then went on to get our full body Balinese massages, offered free by the villa. How awesome is that!
So the husband and I got an hour of super relaxing massage next to the swimming pool . Then Madam and the husband hit the pool, while I caught up on the blogging with this view as well as the afternoon tea - ice lemon tea & banana fritters - to go along.
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| I had this beautiful view for company while blogging in Bali! |
Then the husband and I opened the bottle of wine we had picked up from dutyfree. There was also some excitement trying to get rid of a lizard that had entered the room. But after all that quietened down, I settled down with my book #2 - one by Ian Rankin, with my wine for company, and with the sounds of the crickets and frogs as the backdrop. It was, once again, perfect.
360 more to go.
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