With a full nights rest behind us, we began our day on yoga mats strengthening our bodies while reflecting on our gratitude of having such a wonderful experience in this country. The Yoga Barn has a delicious and California-esque cafe where we enjoyed veggies juices, wheatgrass shots and a straight from the garden healthy breakfast. We shared our table with a lovely couple that gave us invaluable advice regarding our travels to come. On the way back to our bung...

Today's alarm sounded at 2:00am. Excitement for the day ahead overshadowed our lack of sleep. Bedu had asked us if a fellow American girl could join and of course we said yes! An instant friendship was made with Catrina, even at 2:30 in the morning. A gorgeous and positive Florida native, who has recently moved to Australia to pursue her love of traveling. She shares our sense of adventure and fit right in. We met our hiking guide Adi, lit our "torches" and sta...

Today was a much needed day of leisure and pampering! Our morning was spent at what coulda woulda shoulda been a very romantic spa package and setting. We received a traditional Balinese massage and scrub down which was followed by an outdoor flower bath. The ambiance was all too perfect and only enhanced with the natural Ubud soundscape. Our bill came to a whopping $25.00 each. You all know too well that we can only sit still so long, ergo we were off to explo...

Guess what we had for breakfast? Mie goreng! It was time to make moves to Ubud. Our driver and soon to be best Balinese friend, Bedu, picked us up and we started our trek. He wanted to show us his country and he knew we loved the culture so he planned a few stops on the way. First was the Batik factory where women were hand weaving and painting all of the beautiful and delicate Balinese fabrics. Next stop, jewelry! The entire village was dedicated to silver jew...