Ubud- the Center of Arts!

We decided to couchsurf in Ubud. We stayed with an adorable family from the neighboring village. He picked us up from Kuta (like 40 km and over two hours. bah!), we took him to lunch where the locals eat (my stomach hated me for days), then he took us on a whirlwind tour of Ubud! On the way, we bribed a police officer--par for the course.

We started out at the Monkey Forest, a monkey sanctuary and temple complex down in the riverbottoms of the Bali hills. GORGEOUS!

We got a massage- $4 a piece for one hour. It was my first massage every! I only lasted about 10 minutes before I had to break the silence and chat the rest of the time, but boy did it feel great. It was pretty funny stripping butt naked with people peeping in through the curtains...Our darling masseurs kept commenting on how handsome Austin was--and that he looked 30--as well as how beautiful our white (and red.) skin was. Baha. People keep telling him that.

That night was a little warm and a little rough. Our sweet hosts. Really, we are so blessed in the states. SOOOOO blessed.

These really don't do anything justice.