Day 1/2 - Bali Adventure Trip!

Today is the 2nd day of the Bali Adventure trip! At 9am we had the group meeting where I gave information on what the travellers are expecting during the trip and what they they can do to respect the local culture and every thing what we need to know during the 9 day trip.
This group has 6 people. I have three Americans, one British, one New Zealander and one Japanese traveller on this trip. Seem they be fun group as even in our meeting they always smile and laugh when I told them about what to expect in a funny way!

Let me tell you what we did for the last two days:

Day 1: We went to the night market where we could try the local food with very cheap prices! So many choices of food here at night market: vegetarian, chicken, beef, satays and some of the fruit salad and other amazing sweets. This is the place where mostly only locals come for dinner if they have no time to cook. Some of my group were trying the chicken satay with rice and after just decided to wonder around. My group all tried the suckling pig and MOST of my group love it!

Day 2:

After our meeting, our local guide 'Made' was ready to take them walking around the city of It takes between 2-3 hours and is an easy walk. The weather was lovely and the panorama of Ubud countryside is beautiful.

We pass the Alang Alang area (wild grass which some local people use to make their roof ), the artist village where they make handy craft and paint to sell later in the central of Ubud. Our guide 'Made' was explaining so many thing while we walking around. Two of the group members were interested in doing whitewater rafting so off they went! The rest of the group just had a relaxing afternoon in the sun.

At 6pm, I met with all of them and we went to see the Kecak dance which is one of the most famous dances in . We have a local story about the dance which is what we call 'Ramayana'. Its kind of Romeo and Juliet in a Western country but this is actually a happy ending! There is no orchestra here but they use their amazing voices as the orchestra. All of my group were so impressed with this dance.

The performance was about 1.5 hours than we went out for dinner where I took them to local 'Warung Padang' - this food is originally from  They enjoy the food but it was bit spicy as this food very famous for its spice! Went back to hotel about 10ish had a drink and headed to bed. Tomorrow will be the big day that we will get to go deeper into Bali!