So we left Ubud... quickly one morning... on our little pink motorbike adventure~!
Our motorcycle ride took us up through windy roads of mountain towns and through parade processions. (As I may have mentioned before the Balinese have a festival for rice, tooth filings, deaths, birthdays, building roads, blessing cows, temple birthdays, etc etc... the long list goes on. ) We had the blessing and the curse of being stuck in a parade procession (the curse since it slowed us down, the blessings because it was not only interesting to watch, but goodluck since it also slowed all the cops down who would be interested in bribing us if they stopped us to check our licenses, or lack there of...oops)
Bali has several pre-blow volcanoes on it with deep calderas which have several lakes.We took the route north around Lake Tamblingan and as we drove around the rim of the caldera we stopped at a ridge-side cafe to have a coffee with pineapple pancakes and to give our butts a break. While there we encountered a couple of guys with bats, lizards and a baby owl trying to get us to take pictures with them.
I gave in.
So these are not small bats... they are more like Dog Bats! The have long snouts and very VERY visible genitals! The funny part is watching them pee, where they they turn right side up hang from the branch pee at full force and after they finish they shake there little butts to get any excess pee off so it doens't drip on them when they hang back upside down. Hilarious. ok... maybe I'm amused by simple things...
After coffee and bat pictures we got back on the bike for the long stretch through the mountain and down to the NOrth coast.
After 4.5 hours of travel we hit Lovina, a sleepy beach side resort town. OUr goal for the the day was to continue onto Permuteran-an even smaller little beachside town, but closer to the Marine park on Menjangan Island where we were heading to for 2 days of diving however our butts hurt too much so after a little bit of price comparison, haggling and chatting with the friend of a local hotel owner who convinced us diving and rooms would be cheaper in Lovina.... we stayed. Nothing beats $10 rooms over looking rice paddies!~
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