We rented a motor scooter for two days so we could get around town a little faster. The hotel we stayed at wasn't in the middle of all the action but rather located near a farm and it was very peaceful. December to March is the rainy season in Bali and so we weren't surprised that it rained a lot of the time we were there. We bought some ponchos, took a cooking class, and stayed out of the rain pretty well.
Here we are with our ponchos near a canyon that was terraced to grow rice...
Twice during our stay in Ubud we went to the monkey forest. This is a small piece of land that is set aside for a monkeys and a temple. It was a lot of fun to visit. One thing about monkeys, they don't like it when you stare at them too long...
They do like it when you give them bananas...
We had a lot of fun hanging around the monkeys. Several times Megan had monkeys crawling all over her, I believe she said it was a childhood dream. One of them thought my beard was fruit, so he cautiously climbed up my leg and sat on my shoulder for a few minutes. Then when he thought he had gained my trust he pulled it pretty hard and then jumped off. It didn't hurt too bad but it sure did startle me. Here is a pic of Meg with a monkey...
Behind her is a very old temple you can see a monkey in the foreground...
There were also cute baby monkeys...
A tail is as good as a leash...
We also went on a long walk and got really muddy...
But we saw some beautiful rice terraces...
To get out of the rain we also took a cooking class. It was really more of an eating class as we didn't do much of the cooking but we did do a LOT of eating...
We had a wonderful time in Ubud...
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hehehe - the pictures of the monkeys are awesome! That would be so neat to see all of them. I wonder what Lexi would think of the monkeys....
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