Day 5 - Australia Day, Ubud

Last night we were so tired we got a taxi to Kuta, had dinner where I had the best chicken curry I have ever eaten and Claire had a pepper steak. We did some more shopping then got a taxi back to the hotel and crashed. We had a well deserved sleepin today after the last few days activities. We dressed in our Aussie tops for Australis Day. I think we both felt home sick today.

After breakfast I decided to get a massage as I am feeling sore after all those stairs yesterday and the poor old body took a hammering on the slides. Claire chilled out and sorted out her suitcase, packing all those Bintang t-shirts. Checked out at 12.00pm and our driver was waiting to take us to Ubud. 1.5hrs later we arrived at Alila Ubud. Claire even stayed awake the whole drive.

Very nice room with a spectacular view overlooking a valley. Only we seem to be sharing our space with ants, they dont eat much. You even have a great view laying on the beds, very peacefull. We settled in and had some lunch in the room before we headed to the famous infinity pool.

What a view from here, the pool is everything they say it is. We spent about 3 hours here just swimming and relaxing. After the complementary afternoon tea we got ready to go out to see the Balinese Barong Dance Performance.

The show was really good, it is performed by the local village Kedewatan. We had a photo at the end with the dancers and left them a really good tip as we thought they did a great job. After the show we had dinner at the hotel resturant. I had a local dish shredded chicken in this delisious soup, it was sooooooo gooooooood.

Early night ready for our Bike ride tommorow though the Balinese countryside. Mustn't forget the gel seat covers. Great day relaxing today and recharging the batteries for the next couple of days. Looking forward to tomorrow. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, oi, oi, oi