Our last full day began with a (free) resort sponsored excursion to the surrounding rice fields and terraces. We were pleased to see that our guide from the previous day, Dodi, would be leading the walk. It was a great experience, both educational and picturesque. Out the front lobby and down the path to the road we went.......


Puri Sebali Driveway


Jalan Raya Sebali (Our Road)


School Children Making Morning Offerings


The Fields


Moody Rice Closeup


Birds


Shrine


Lil House On The Patty


Irrigation


XTreme Farming


More Terraces


Puri Sebali Resort From Other Side


Difficulty Level Lowered After Second Guy From Left Fell Into A Patty. Dodi Gave The Fella His Own Flip Flops To Finish Tour


Spider

Following the tour, we cleaned ourselves up for one last trip into Ubud. My wife wanted to get a reading and blessing at a place that was featured in "Eat, Pray, Love". I just wanted to find a place to watch Man City open the season against West Ham. In the shuttle we went with the intention of getting some lunch, blessings, and football.



Pumpkin Soup For Her


NOT(exactly) Pizza For Him



Liyer House, Run By The Son Of The Guy From That Movie


Blessing/Reading

We were now fed and blessed and off to find the next thing to occupy us. My wife typically leaves the details of our vacations to me and just goes with the flow. She slacked a little to far on Ubud, though, I was surprised that my yogi wife had never heard of the Yoga Barn. Apparently it's a big deal in the yoga world and the pseudo-yoga mecca of Ubud. We walked from the Liyer house to the Yoga Barn. My wife thought she had died and gone to heaven. She spent the next 4-5 hours exploring, Tibetan bowling, Ying-yanging, and green drinking her way through the joint. I slipped down to the Last Chance Saloon to catch my boys in blue decimate West Ham 5-nil to open their season.



Yoga Barn Reception


Yoga Barn Class


Last Chance Saloon Sign

We were exhausted by this point and it was time to arrange a taxi as it was beyond the resort last shuttle run of the day. Uber/Grab/marked taxis do not exist in Ubud. It's often referred to as the "taxi mafia". The locals will tell you the rules are in place to keep outside drivers from taking the work of locals. Regardless, you're required to negotiate a rate with the driver prior to getting in. I'd rather it be metered or, more so, use ride sharing but it is what it is. Just sucks having to haggle at the end of the day, Our place was 15 minutes out of town so extra haggling was in order but I think you get a much better deal the further you have to go. Anyway, for 80,000 rupiah we were on our way back to the resort for our last night.

Next Up: Goodbye Ubud...Back To The Chaos