Days in Bali

Did I tell you that we were going to Bali for some days? Naughty ;) So here we are in Bali for a week now. If Java is Indonesia well then Bali is something else or if Bali is Indonesia then Java is a completely different country. We landed last Saturday in Denpasar, Bali and there at the airport was Ketut and Mupu the driver that would take us in a 3 hour journey by car all across the island. We had a rough idea of what was expecting us but reality was about to be revealed to us there at the end of the road trip to Kali Manik, near Kalisada. There was heaven! Well at least for us, surely for others other descriptions would fit. For us it was just perfect! We wanted to get away from big cities, noisy roads, polluted air... what we call civilization. We wanted to get away from it all and there we managed to do so. There we met Silvia and her friendly staff that received us as being part of the family. Silvia is the 'architect' of that idyllic place and has been living in north Bali for more than 20 years now. Kali Manik is peace and quiet between beach, pasture and mountains. There we spent the most invigorating four days and we feel very happy and lucky to have found such a place and lovely people. At the moment we're staying near Ubud, in the middle of rice paddies. Ubud is the art center of Bali and maybe you heard of it for it was where Julia Roberts shot "Eat Pray and Love", the movie. It is a very touristic place still we managed to stay away from the big commotion and just going there to feel the atmosphere whenever we feel like it. Today we're planning on going to watch a traditional dance, that I shall tell you all about it later.
I know that posts have been very scarce here in Days and I thank you all for sticking with us. Suksuma!