Sunday, July 24, 2011

Goodbye, Australia


Day 45: Travel day

Today, we bid farewell to Australia. We packed up, had a quick bite, and then decided to run around doing a couple of last-minute things (like buying more art!) before going to the airport to catch our flight to Bali via Darwin. We landed at Darwin with about 4 hours to pass and luckily the airport had free internet so we could get some stuff done (like post some really old blogs)!

Then we got our flight to Bali and got a cab to Ubud, our base camp for the next few days. When we arrived in Ubud, it was bustling with tourists – I mean bustling. And this is supposed to be the “quieter” area away from the real tourist spots! Ack!

It was fairly late, and when we checked in to our room, they upgraded us to a deluxe because they had no more standard rooms left. Our room was amazing! It was a little bungalow with a balcony facing a massive statue of Ganesh, and a private gazebo overlooking a rice paddy! The architecture and all of the furniture and art were so beautiful! 

We walked into town to grab a bite to eat but everything was closed, so we opted for an ice cream bar and a bottle of water. It was night when we arrived, so our flashlights came in handy, however Gaurav stepped on a poor little frog (whoops!), as the rice paddies are full of them at night. It was a little traumatic for Rachna, but the frog was still alive… kinda. Now, sleep! Tomorrow, we explore the area and plan our stay here! 

Our bungalow (we saw it in the daylight the next day) 

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