Beautiful Bali

So it has been a while since I posted, for sure I have had many amazing experiences including 5 days in Bali....Bali is soooooo beautiful!!!!!!! I stayed in the north part of Bali away from any tourist area in a village called Munduk. I had an amazing villa in the middle of rice terraces. I arrived very late and went directly to my villa....it was a place they use to store rice in and has been converted....it was covered, but still had natural air inside. I went to bed under the mosquito net and layed there.....why was I not sleeping yet? You know those noise makers where you have crickets and frogs and water, etc. to help you sleep, well I had the live version!!!!!!!! The frogs were soooo loud, the water constantly runs from one terrace to the next, and many more natural sounds!!!!! Finally I went to sleep and woke up the next morning to massive rain....ok...well maybe not how you typically want to spend your vacation, but it was soooo nice because I just relaxed, read, and took a little walk to the village when the rain stopped for a bit...it was sooo relaxing!!!!!!!!! Oh yeah...and I had an amazing massage to finish the day...

The next day I woke up and it was BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!! I had a view all the way to the sea on the northern part of Bali.....It was gorgeous.....I forgot to mention that the smell in Bali is AMAZING also...it is a combination of incense, cloves, rain, etc.....it was so specific yet sooo pleasant!!!!!!! So over the course of the next couple of days I visited the amazing and famous rice terraces, many beautiful temples (Hindu & Buddhist), and also to Ubud.....Ubud is quite amazing also as there are soooo many artists there......I bought many things there to bring home. One interesting thing though was when I was walking close to the Monkey forest that 2 monkeys thinking I had food for them, jumped and latched themselves to my right leg...one over the other!!!!!!!! It was sooo funny and I had no clue what to do.....luckily they did not climb up me and finally some locals came to my "rescue" and swatted them off of me....it was funny!!!!!!!!!!!

So, I can officially say that I fell in love with Bali....I think it is very important to avoid the tourist beach areas in the south as it is not TRUE Bali!!!!!!! I would definitely go back to have some more amazing experiences!!!!!!11