Ubud

Before I get started I wanted to talk about the names here in Bali. So if your first born, your name is Wayan, 2nd is Made, 3rd is Nyoman and 4th born is Ketut, after that it just starts over again, so 5th is Wayan again. The first couple of days on Nusa Lembongan we only met Wayans and one Ketut, we didn't meet a Nyoman until the 2nd last day. I'm not sure what that means, except if you say Wayan in a crowded room, your bound to get some attention...and if I could make all this somehow rhyme, I might be able to get a good joke or rap out of it.
    We did  2 more dives on Nusa Lembongan, the coral here really is beautiful and healthy, there are thermoclimes here (underwater currents of quite cold water..my dive computer says the temp is 78F...really feels way colder than that) cold water has all the nutrients for things to grow...so lots of stuff and big. We saw a grey reef shark on our first dive ( we think , it was kind of far away and the visibility wasn't all that great), on the 2nd dive we saw a sea snake,I honestly didn't think they got that big, maybe 5ft long and it's head was probably 3 inches across. Speaking of dive computers, Carrie got me a new one for my birthday, which was great because my old one quit working after the second dive. Yup the girl is taking care of me!!!
   We caught the fast boat back to Sanur this morning, which included droppimg us off in Ubud as part of the cost of the ticket, so it worked out good, we didn't have to do the bus station thing...saved us a step. We had vague information from Son ( actually spelled Sun) about a hotel by the name of "Sawa" we thought, no address, no idea about the part of town...so we just walked around abit asking people if they had heard of the place, no one really had. THEN we found Sama's bungalows, sounded close , what the heck, they only had twin beds, thank you, see you later.Just up the road was an alley with some signs to more bungalows...it's hot , our packs are getting heavy, ok let's check'em out. First one looks OK , but you know, never take the first one with out looking at the 2nd one.At the 2nd one we ask how much,  hesitation...you can see the wheels turning, How much can I ask for, without them saying -no that's too much. 250,000 Rupiah?? Hmm maybe ...can we see the room? Yes OK, the room is beautiful, windows all around, big bathroom with a tub and shower and !!! hot water!!! and a WESTERN toilet!!! our deck overlooks a rice paddy and they serve you tea on your deck. Ummm yes we would like to take the room please. ( 9200 rupiah is about a US dollar)
  Ok more Glen randomness, are geckoes not the coolest lizardy things ever, they're cute, they eat bugs, they are sort of mezmorising to watch, their tails drop off and yes, they sell insurance.
  We have a bicycle tour of Ubud planned for tomorrow, we both took clothes to the laundry today, so we pretty much have no clothes, other than what we are wearing  until tomorrow afternoon....so hence, bicycle tour, which you don't need a change of clothes for and Glen can do in his board shorts and Tevas.
   Ok that's all from UBUD so far, by the way by far more tourists here than any where we've been so far...could I say far any more times?

Love from Ubud

carrie and glen