Ubud Scenes

Ubud was a beautiful town, but not quite the tranquil haven we had been lead to believe it was. Here are some scenes from daily life:

- hounds
- chickens
- bamboo baskets of offerings
- ladies carrying trays of offerings on their heads
- local ladies in (saucy?) basques and lace blouses
- people bathing and doing laundry in the “river” running through the village beside the road (sewer?)
- The Easy Riders: 50-something silver haired Western hippies on mopeds
- Statues of demons outside temples and homes to scare away evil spirits dressed in a black and white checked sarongs with a flower tucked behind one ear.
- Local men in sarongs, heavy metal t-shirts and bandanas
- Japanese tourists getting on and off shuttle buses from Kuta
- Shops selling sarongs, carvings and other handicrafts (shop keepers hassling you to come in, not leaving you alone for a second to browse and not putting prices on anything. Consequently, I hardly bought anything. Too much pressure)
- Families of 4 or 5 on one moped
- Missing paving stones over the pavement exposing the sewer below
- 3 year old driving mopeds (sitting on their father’s laps)
- “hello taxi/ transport/ newspaper/ sarong/ chopsticks/ massage/ statue/ show/ hostel…”
- Women carrying huge unsupported baskets on their heads
- Art shops with dozens of canvases all stacked up against a wall and no one looking at them


A local hound tucks into the biscuits on the offering trays at an Ubud shrine.