We enjoyed our time in Ubud. We visited the town a couple of times and even ate dinner one night at a sushi place that was very good. A couple of highlights of our time there were visiting the Sangeh Monkey Forest and Campuhan Ridge Walk.

We had our driver pick us up around 10am after I had returned from my sunrise hike to take us to the Sangeh Monkey Forest. It’s a smaller, less-trafficked monkey preserve that is about 30 minutes outside of Ubud.

After we paid our admission fee, we walked through the main entrance and saw lots of monkeys. The admission cost included a bag of food. There were far fewer tourists there than at the main monkey forest close to Ubud.

One of the workers came over and helped us by showing us how to place the food on the palm of our hands and the monkeys would jump up and grab it.

He walked around the entire complex with us, showing us the religious statues and temples around the forest. I was trying to figure out what he was selling and then I realized he wanted us to buy some pictures that he had taken of us with the monkeys. For the hour he spent with us, I was happy to pay 200k IDR (about $12) for a couple of the pictures which they printed for us while we waited.

Another activity, that admittedly I enjoyed more than my wife, was the Campuhan Ridge Walk. We visited after we left the Viceroy on the way to the Alila Uluwatu. We had the driver (actually the father of our driver as I explained in an earlier post), drop us at the northern end of the trail and meet us at the southern end. It took about 30-45 minutes to walk down the trail past rice fields, wild vegetation and a raging river.

It was a peaceful oasis just a few minutes from bustling Ubud. We then continued on to Uluwatu.

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