Today was our last full day in Ubud, Bali. We left the hotel and drove to a Pejeng Indigo Batik. This was a quaint factory where they dyed the cloth indigo and then use the batik process to create a design. It is very labor intensive. I purchased a really wonderful piece of textile that I plan to have a shirt made from when we return to Los Angeles. Its motif is from the carvings of the Hindu Temples throughout Bali. The Indigo dyer was himself covered with Indigo Tattoos and looked like he had been Batiked! The owner was wearing a real cool shirt and pants. He designed them himself and doesn’t sell them. What a shame. I would really like to buy them for myself.
We returned to the hotel and then headed out to central Ubud for our last shopping and walking adventures. We decided to have lunch at the most famous Roast Pig restaurant on Bali. Hindus can eat pig, just not beef. Anthony Bourdain proclaimed it one of his favorite restaurants: Warung Ibu Oka’s. We caught the Pig being delivered to the restaurant. You don’t often see a Pig Head Carry in the states.
We returned to the hotel after lunch and packed and rested at our little Villa.
We hoped to have a final Balinese massage but all appointments were booked.
We then went for a Parting Dinner. In the middle of the dinner William showed up from Threads of Life. Choi had been wearing a very nice shirt from the store. I mentioned to William that I liked Choi’s shirt. William replied that the store was open for another 20 minutes. Cathy I left the dinner and took a taxi to the store. I picked out a shirt and went to pay with my credit card. Just as I went to pay ALL of the lights went out in Ubud. They had one candle to light in the store. They tried to run the transaction but couldn’t. We finally left with our shirts and a promise to pay someday!
We returned to the dinner which was being eaten by candle light since the power to the island hadn’t been restored. After dinner we returned to the hotel. As we went through security I noticed the guard had a flower over his ear. Somehow the juxtaposition of a security guard with a flower over his ear spoke to me of Bali.
We had drinks at the hotel and recounted the adventures of the trip with Courtney, Ferris and Scott and then headed back to our Villa. Tomorrow we depart for a day and night in Singapore. We are looking forward to finding the ultimate Chili Crab and Pepper Crab (Singapore’s most famous dish).
From Singapore we head for Tokyo and then home to Los Angeles.
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