Watching for Pigs on the Wing: Ubud, Uluwatu, Nusa Dua, Nusa Lembongan

Ahhh, all this is already more than one week ago, but still:

Here are pictures of my time in Ubud, Uluwatu, Nusa Dua and Nusa Lembongan.

Ubud(second visit, this time really) and Uluwatu with Ian and the "Frenchies" :D

A temple on the way

Ian making best friends with the huge fish

Purest beauty.

The famous rice terraces in Tegallalang

In Ubud: Ian and me spotted a Raw Food Restaurant and thinking of our raw food bare foot loving friends Sonya and Russel, we had to try it out!

Bruchetta: this was all I got (each piece was about the size of my palm) and I was almost a bit disappointed at first BUT

I could hardly eat it all. I was soooooo full! And you know how much of a hog I can be.... but I could only lie flat and hold my belly..... magical stuff!!!

Very charming and beautiful breakfast accessory in that lovely home stay in Ubud

(it's a tomato)

They had a Beo bird that could speak! Words in Balinese, English, Japanese, and what else?? He did sneeze and cough as well, super funny :D

"Hello Boss!"

Ganesh

Ian gave his hat to our Balinese taxi driver and this guy was happy-over-the-clouds :D

And of my time in Nusa Dua and Nusa Lembongan only with Ian.

(Our 9-people travel pack split up in Uluwatu: some French went home, some to Australia, some to Java.)

And Ian and me decided to get away from the crowded "mainland" Bali and boarded a little boat to take us over the ocean to the little, little island Nusa Lembongan.

The little island Lembongan is great. It is the place in Indonesia that I liked the best so far.

Only a couple of square km big, ever-active Ian and me explored the most of the island on foot within 3 days. And of course, there are not so many tourists, not so many knick-knack stalls, not so many stinky cars and scooters. Instead a little bit of relatively unspoilt natural beauty.