When it was time to leave we had a 2km walk to the Perama bus stop. We thought Perama might collect us from the hotel, as they would drive straight past it, but apparently we had to meet at the bus stop. This was not an issue as it meant we could buy a packed lunch from our favourite nasi campur cafe. Plus an ice cream too for the journey to the bus stop.
We walked there a lot faster than we expected dragging our little trolley backpacks, though it was hot. We sat in the shade at the Amed Cafe and waited for the bus to arrive. Exactly on time our 'private taxi' arrived. There was no one else so we had the air conditioned mini bus to ourselves. We made a couple of stops en route to Ubud, ate our lunch, fell asleep and had a very relaxing journey.
As we arrived in Ubud, the quiet country lanes disappeared and the traffic mounted. Ubud was now a busy place! We jumped off the bus and walked to our hotel. It is called Kabera Bungalows 3. We think the 3 means, we are the 3rd set of rooms they own. It was quite a battle to get through the busy streets. There are a lot of tourists here. Probably more than at the beach in resorts in Kuta.
A friendly welcome at our accommodation before we headed in search of food. The centre of Ubud is a little expensive for our budget with lots of fancy restaurants, including Starbucks at UK prices. So, we walked out of town and found a very quaint little cafe that served excellent food at a fraction of the price.
Here we met a friendly girl from Italy who lived in Brighton. She asked for help as her phone battery was dead. She was searching for a hotel with a pool. She needed to use our phone to help. Her hotel already had a pool but it also had a constant stream of the traffic that kept her awake! We are lucky as our room is tucked away where their is not a motorbike in site!
After dinner we explored the streets of Ubud until dark. We were in search of Dolce Latte (a quite addictive sweet coffee drink) and we found it! We also stocked up on water for our day out tomorrow. The shops seemed to close early, before 9pm, so we headed in for the rest of the night.
