Ubud, the cultural capital of Bali

After Nusa Lembongan our next stop was Ubud which is considered the cultural capital of Bali. It is as well around Ubud that you can see some amazing rice fields! and yes... those are the ones that show in the Eat, Play, Love movie.

So... what did we do in Ubud!

When arriving to any place the first mission is to find a budget place, in Bali that is a room between 15 to 35 euros. After a longggg search we were able to find a pretty amazing place! right next to the rice fields :)

and it had a bonus, a really nice pool!!!

The second mission try the famous suckling pig as seen in the Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations show!

the place is pretty different from what we saw in No Reservations, the restaurant is now huge!! but the way of making this delicacy is still the same. It takes 5 hours to be ready!

the verdict is! that the pork is pretty good with the spices... but we in Portugal do as well an amazing pig! It is indeed good but not out of this world.

While in Ubud we saw as well a traditional Balinese dance The Kecak ,in which around 60 man did the music with their voices, there was no instruments used at all.. pretty impressive!

The last act is pretty impressive.... a performer jumps around flames :SS

more to come on Ubud! :)

Our Wedding featured in Green Wedding Shoes Blog!!

We are extremelly happy !! our wedding was featured at the amazing Green Wedding Shoes blog!

you can see more pictures at Green Wedding Shoes :)

Our wedding pictures were taken by the amazing Andre from Brancoprata!

Visiting Temples

In order to visit the temples in Bali you need to wear a sarong and a belt :) here we are with our sarongs :)

a really nice temple in Nusa Lembongan :)

Currently we are in Lovina, Bali we will head this Thursday to Seoul! :)

The Nusa Lembongan Motorbike diaries

The best way or maybe the only way to go around Nusa Lembongan small streets is in a motorbike so we rented one for 5 euros a day :)

Here are some pics we took around the way,

-Before any motorbiking! power up with some breakfast,

-Checking the temples along the route,

the temples have some impressive wooden carved figures,

-We were not expecting this name for a restaurant in Nusa :) it had a pretty cool sign!

-Wait for the tide to come up in order to catch the boat to do some snorkeling!

-Checking out the best places to snorkel,

-Time for snorkeling!

ahhhh crystal clear water! and a lot of nemos and doris :)

-Small boat trip to the Mangrove forest,

-The only bridge that connects Nusa Lembongan to another island.. it didn´t seem very safe to cross :P

-Time to power up again! Lunch!

yummy Balinese noodles!

-What a view!!!

-Visiting the Gala-Gala Under Ground House, a men built house underground.. quite impressive!

-The dream beach, not so sure about it as the currents are really dangerous!

Time to rest and prepare for the next day :)

The paradise: Nusa Lembongan Island

After our stay in Sanur we took the Perama boat to the beautiful Nusa Lembongan island! the water is crystal blue! and you see some amazing fish while snorkeling.

While talking on the boat with the tour guide we found a really nice place to stay for about 20 euros per night a true finding!

The island income is mainly from seaweed plantations and secondly from tourism. The seaweed plantations started 20 years ago, with seaweed brought from Japan. Currently the plant it and sell 80% to Japan and Sweden for the production of cosmetics and medicines!

After work the workers launch kites and compete to see which one does the best dance in the sky! they had some impressive kites!

While our stay in Nusa Lembongan there was a big religious Hindu event which was the preparation for the cremation of 22 people that died in the last couple of years. They only do this event after the families were able to gather enough money to pay the ceremony! quite impressive we had the opportunity to see the preparations, properly dressed with a sarong! which is mandatory if you want to visit Hindu temples or join the ceremonies! more on this in our next post :)

Our second city in Bali, Sanur

Our second city in Bali was Sanur, we took the Perama bus from Kuta it was about 30min drive. Sanur is more of a family resort kind of place it has a lot of impressive resorts along the beach

but we were not that entusiastic with the beach it self! so we just stayed on day and moved on to Nusa Lembogan island. Which you just take a boat from Sanur and takes you around 1h to reach the island.

We did find a nice place to stay for only 35 euros,

and we had an amazing dinner!!!

Today is our last day in Nusa Lembogan! we really loved this island!! its the true Bali we were looking for! really nice people, amazing food and the views just gorgeous! our next stop is Ubud!