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| Bagus Homestay - Outside Our Digs! |
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| Beautiful gardens at Bagus - Frangipani Flowers Everywhere! |
We upgraded our room from a sweat box one with a fan to a deluxe one by a pool but the bathroom was open roofed so we didn't want to become an all you can eat buffet for the mossies so we settled on the one opposite which had air con, a decent sized bathroom and a traditional platform bed. Only thing was it was missing the mosquito net so luckily we could use the one we had been lugging around since we left home! We ate dinner at a local place just on the corner of our road and enjoyed a cool beer (Bintang) which we hadn't done for ages! Finally we could chill out in a beach town that had booze!
The first day was lovely - hot and sunny and the breakfast laid on was delicious! Banana pancakes, fried egg with toast, strong black coffee and a small plate of mixed fruit. Yum. We walked down to the beach and along it then ended up walking around but soon it was getting near midday and too hot so we bought some food for lunch back at the room. Just before we went out in the evening for dinner the frigging rain started! It absolutely bucketed down (is it because we're British?!) and it just got heavier. In the end, we grabbed our brolly (picked up in Nepal) and made a dash for it as hunger had taken over our common sense! The entrance to Bagus was flooded, the small road outside was now a river and the main road not much better as the roadside became covered with large puddles. We tried to cheer ourselves up with a pasta dinner (cost a bit more than our usual but only by a couple of quid) then we had to literally run back to our accommodation, trying to jump over the huge puddles then having to wade through ankle height water in places up the road to Bagus! We were absolutely soaked through so we jumped in the shower (at least it was hot!) then consoled ourselves with beer, snacks and watching a film on the laptop (Alien Resurrection - big thanks to G&S!). The next morning we woke up to, can you guess?, yes more bloody rain! It was like this on and off for the day so we stayed at Bagus most of the day, bought some food supplies then ventured out in the evening (which had dried up considerably) for some dinner. Whilst out we walked around and saw small bats doing some sort of aeroBATic (no pun intended!) display in the night sky. The rain had also brought out the local frog population so we had to watch our steps! Hope the sun comes out again as really not liking the rain now.
Have you been blessed with coconut pancakes yet? If you go to Ubud, you should stay at Taman Indah homestay, lovely people, lovely rooms, comfy big beds and yummy breakfasts. Ooh and super cheap prices for tours or car hire. You should also try Nessa Warung for food, super cheap and so damn good. We had spring rolls, 2 meals and 2 fresh juices for 100,000idr...bargain! Best place we ate in Ubud.
ReplyDeleteOh and the streets turned to rivers while we were there too, got caught out one day while we were out eating in the evening, even stayed for more beer in the hope the rain would ease a bit. The restaurant eventually got fed up and wanted to close so gave us a bin bag each and sent us on our way...it all seemed hilarious to us so we skipped the 15 minute walk back singing dancing in the rain wearing bin bags 😂 The locals driving past loved the show!