Update
As you may have noticed, I updated the pictures. It took me about 3 hours non-stop, that’s not so bad especially considering that Ubud is the cheapest place I have found so far for Internet (9000RP/h). I was so tired after that I decided to have a Balinese massage nearby at the Milano salon 8).
After all, apart from woodcarving and stonecarving, Ubud is considered to be THE place for spas, massage and whatever thing revolving around body and spirit rejuvination (hem…).
When coming out, I went take an expresso and a piece of chocolate cake at a typical expat’-like cafe called Kafe Watan Baru. It is apparently well-known in Bali and they play chill-out music Cafe Del Mar and Buddha-Bar like.
This is somewhat a confirmation of my initial thoughts about Bali. While accommodation at the bottom-end is exceptionnaly good value, budget restaurants are really really crap and terrible value. When I see that a restaurant like Watan Baru is able to serve good food in a clean place, stylishly decorated with good staff and service at a price that is less than twice the price of tourist warungs, it really means that there is room for improvement in this area.
Now as I am in some touristy area, the mission is to find a sports cafe that will display the Indianapolis F1 GP at 1AM tonight ! I cannot miss that, it looks damn hot ! I went to some kind of reggae bar in Monkey Road as they are showing sports event (and again a premier league match at 11PM). I asked the manager if he was staying open for the GP but he wasn’t sure as they are normally closing at that time, but he told me that otherwise I could come and watch it even if they are closing, there will be someone here.
Fingers crossed.
