We checked out from the Puri Dibia hotel on the 3rd day, heading towards to Ubud. Our 1st stop is the Batik Village.
We are served by a lady, good in tying batik,turning it to nice dress. She designed different style for each of us. This is the way they promote their goods. We are allowed to have a group photo after that.
Even though, the batik really looks nice on me (many says so), but it costs too much. USD100 for one piece!!! So, forget it..
Again it’s lunch time. We requested Jone to bring us for the famous Balinese crispy duck. Instead of Bebek Bengil (Dirty Duck Restaurant), the most popular Crispy duck restaurant at Bali, Jone led us to Panorama Hotel and Restaurant for the crispy duck.
Panorama Hotel and Restaurant is located in the heart of Ubud, the restaurant is surrounded by garden, lotus ponds and pool. Our seats were just in between the pool, lotus pond and padi field, the nice scene bring us good appetite for lunch.
We ordered 2 sets of crispy duck set and some other local rice set.
I still think our roasted duck taste nicer than the crispy duck. I wonder why it’s called crispy duck as it is not crispy at all. Scratch head…
However, the other food is quite nice, especially this yellow rice.
After lunch, we stopped by Goa Gajah for a visit before headed to Kintamani.
We need to wear sarong here too. And this time, there were several colors for choice. I chose yellow color to match my green color dress. Nice?
"Goa Gajah (the Elephant Cave), is located in a steep valley just outside of Ubud near the town of Bedulu. Built at least 700 years ago, the cave was rediscovered in the 1920s and fully excavated 30 years later ."
The famous cave entrance is elaborately carved. The carving looks like an elephant if you look at the face's hair; the elephant's trunk is hanging over its ear to the right. Inside the cave is a statue of the Hindu character Ganesh (Ganesa) - half elephant, half boy - from which the temple gets its name. People can pray for getting baby at here.
We headed to Kintamani for Lake Batur and Mountain View after Goa Gajah. It took around 1 hour drive from Ubud. We took a nap in the car, but woke up seeing the rainy and hazy sky. Bad luck!! It’s rained, and we could not see the nice lake and mountain view.. so sad…
We should see this ..
But we saw this…
It’s ok, things never perfect. So means that I can visit Bali again for this active Volcano!!!
Not being defeat by this disappointment, we go for the next stop, Ubud palace.
"Puri Saren Ubud (Ubud Palace) is an Ubud Kingdom Palace with beautiful Balinese traditional houses as a residence of Ubud King." It is set in the center of Ubud, just opposite the Ubud Market. You may read through the link for the history of this palace:
http://www.ubudpalace.com/
As we visited during Bali New Year season, we werelucky enough to see their traditional Barong Dance.
I can’t wait to have a look on the Ubud Market; someone told me there were a lot of things for shopping. However, it’s about dinner time, my father in law can’t wait for dinner either. So, I just dropped by the Ubud market for short while, to do some basic “analysis” on it before I come again the next day.
Yes!! I'll be back!!!
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