72 HOURS IN BEAUTIFUL UBUD BALI CHANGED ME FOREVER 🇮🇩

Lloyd & Mandy

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00:00Oh, it's just the most healing place. I just love it here so much

00:18Okay, I'm currently getting ready to leave to go do something that I've wanted to do for a very very

00:23long time

00:23What do we notice? Nate's not panic a bit. I'm just kind of like me panic a little bit honestly

00:30Um

00:50Nomad is not a vacation. It's freedom, but it's also discipline. It's an exchange of security for enhanced experiences

00:58It's a way of life.

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05:37So we are currently staying at Villa Milla or Mia depending on the pronunciation.

05:43It's in Penistanan.

05:45It's just around the corner from, as you saw earlier, Alchemy Yoga and Meditation Center.

05:51Wood and I love staying in Penistanan when we come to Ubud.

05:54It's our favorite area.

05:55The rain since we've been here, it's just started raining as I've come outside.

05:58We haven't got to use the pool since we've been here because it's pretty much just been

06:03raining on and off.

06:04We've been going out and pretty much trying to take advantage of whenever it's not raining

06:09and doing things.

06:10So we've been dodging the rain a lot.

06:12It's just the most healing place.

06:14I just love it here so much.

06:16I always feel like I get so much out of our stays in Ubud and I leave such a better

06:21version

06:21of myself.

06:22Yeah, I really, really love it.

06:23I feel so peaceful here and just more connected to nature, calmer.

06:31We always meet really interesting people while we're here as well from all over the world.

06:36One of my favorite things I've found about here is we've always managed to meet people

06:40really easily in comparison to anywhere else.

06:43I think we've made the most friendships and long-standing relationships with people here

06:48in Ubud.

06:49I don't know what it is, but everyone is so friendly anytime that we go out for lunch or

06:54spend time at like a day club or anything like that.

06:57It's been awesome.

06:59And the restaurants that we frequent have been amazing with Lila as well, helping us look

07:03after her.

07:04So also the food, abundant with healthy food everywhere that's affordable.

07:10Prices have gone up here quite substantially.

07:12Some of our favorite warungs have like doubled in price, uh, since the last time that we were

07:17here, but still manageable.

07:20I just, I love it here so much.

07:22I feel like a much happier, better version of myself.

07:25Anyway, our villa is a two bedroom here.

07:27We booked it through Airbnb.

07:29Uh, we're staying here with our friend 2V.

07:31Quite affordable.

07:32I think it, we got it for around 80 US dollars a night to split between the two of us.

07:39It's a two bedroom and then it's got like the living room separated, which is really nice.

07:44And everything's been walking distance.

07:45So that's been great.

07:46Ah, there.

07:47But it's starting to rain.

07:48I got to run inside.

07:56That's pretty cool.

08:00Okay.

08:04We're actually heading to do something that we were a bit too scared to do, um, last

08:10time that we were here, or sorry, the first time that we came to Bali, mostly because it

08:16was just after COVID, um, so is going to the monkey forest, uh, because there hadn't been

08:24enough tourists, apparently the monkeys had got a little bit more aggressive during that

08:28time because no one was really, there just wasn't as many people feeding them.

08:33So we decided to steer clear of it, but, um, we've decided to go today because obviously

08:38tourism's picked up way more than that now.

08:41And um, yeah, we're going to take Lila and see how we go.

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10:18All right, let's get back into this video.

10:19Let's get back into this video.

10:41Nice to join, eh?

10:44Yeah.

10:47Yeah.

10:49Go, shut up.

10:51Hands back out.

10:54Yeah.

10:59Hey, hey happen.

11:04Now say, Hey, hey.

11:05Hm..

11:05Yeah.

12:14So there's a sign there with some rules and guidelines.

12:17The first one is do not panic.

12:19I don't know why.

12:20We need to not panic.

12:22What do we need to not panic about?

12:24It's kind of making me panic a little bit, honestly.

12:27The second one is do not run.

12:30What are we running from?

12:32What would we be running from?

12:33A monkey, I guess.

12:34And it says do not look the monkeys in the eye.

12:38So that's made me feel heaps better.

12:41Especially with the baby.

12:43Yeah.

12:44Should have brought Lila some sunnies.

12:46Oh, we're in the jungle.

12:53It's really cool.

12:55Little statues and stuff.

12:57Really cool.

12:58Really cool.

13:25This lady's holding one.

13:28Do you want to hold one, Mandy?

13:30No.

13:32Go ahead.

13:34I've already got one.

13:45This is actually so cool.

13:47We so should have come here sooner.

13:49Like, I thought it was just going to be sort of an overdone touristy thing.

13:53But it's actually so beautiful in here.

13:55The reason we're a bit like sauce on these monkeys.

13:58Our first experience with monkeys in Bali.

14:01We just got to Ubud.

14:02And about 20 feet away from us.

14:05We're waiting for a taxi.

14:06And that monkey jumps from the power lines onto a woman's head.

14:11And she starts screaming.

14:13That was the first time we'd ever seen a monkey in Bali.

14:16So it wasn't like the best first impression.

14:19That's why we've been a little bit tentative about these guys.

14:22But they seem alright.

14:23Yeah, I definitely think the post-COVID, not having any tourism,

14:28not getting fed as much as they were used to, like abundantly,

14:32made them a bit more aggressive.

14:34But yeah, they seem way more like tame now.

14:37There's a bunch of them all in.

14:39What?

14:45What's up, what?

14:49Indeed.

15:06There's a bunch of them all inias.

15:06They find that they're stillAJWG people.

15:07There was no low store running there.

15:07They don't know.

15:07There's a bunch of them to find the AREC.

15:09So in this area of our city,

16:18All the way down?

16:21Oh, thank you.

16:28Yep.

16:33All right, we just got to Jungle Fish Restaurant, which is like one of the nicest, one of the

16:41nicer dayclubs here in Ubud.

16:43It's one of our favourites for sure.

16:45It's right in the jungle.

16:47It's got an awesome pool and you can rent sunbeds for like 500k for the day and that goes towards

16:54food and drink.

16:55Um, and the weather is okay now, but I can see some really dark clouds there.

17:01But anyway, we're going to try and make the most of it.

17:03It's like 11am.

17:05So hopefully, um, I don't know, we get a couple of hours before the rain sets in this afternoon.

17:35Is there any left?

19:01Okay, I'm currently getting ready to leave to go do something that I've wanted to do

19:05for a very, very long time.

19:07For years, actually.

19:08I have wanted to learn how to play the handpan.

19:12And so I'm going to go get a lesson with my friend Tuvi right now.

19:16There's a guy that teaches it here in Ubud, which is so exciting.

19:19I've been looking for someone to do lessons with.

19:22It's an hour and a half and it's 750 IDR.

19:26I don't know if he just sort of sent us like coordinates where to go.

19:30I don't know if it's in his house or if it's in like an actual space.

19:33I guess we're going to find out.

19:35But I'm so excited.

19:35I wanted to do this for a really long time.

19:37I listened to handpan flat out.

19:40It's meant to be the most healing instrument in the world.

19:42So it's really cool.

19:43And if it's good, hopefully it's something I can recommend for you guys to do as well

19:47when you come to Ubud.

20:21How cool is this?

20:25This is our teacher, Eduardo.

20:28Hello.

20:29So exciting.

20:30Those are the handpans.

20:32Awesome.

20:33Oh, I'm so excited.

20:34I've wanted to do this for so long.

20:35Nice.

20:36This is sick.

20:37Yeah.

20:38Are you going to sandpillar?

20:40Do you do the balls as well?

20:41Yeah.

20:42This is actually my partner, but I also do that.

20:44Yeah, sick.

20:45I've got a few balls as well.

20:46Yeah, a few times.

20:47I've never been able to play them.

20:48Have you?

20:49No, I've never even touched it.

20:50You didn't touch one?

20:51No.

20:52This is where we are here.

20:53Yes.

20:54All right.

20:58How did that?

20:59I'm doing better.

21:00Yes.

21:00So cool.

21:24Very good.

21:26Very good.

21:42Yeah, man.

21:43He's a fryer.

21:44Woo-hoo!

22:13Woo-hoo!

22:30what do you think of that too v give me your thoughts on handpan oh yeah it's definitely

22:34one of the um funnest experiences i've had in a long time just learning something new

22:38it's something i've always wanted to learn and um aguardo aguardo aguardo was um just an absolute

22:44dreamboat and just such a great teacher it was probably the best experience yeah i highly

22:49recommend it yeah yeah we loved that we both want to buy a handpan so bad now um i will

22:55link him down

22:56in the description if you're interested in doing that class yeah i really really recommend it we

23:00didn't want it to end the hour and a half went so quickly um yeah he's also got a connection

23:06for

23:07purchasing a handpan as well and uh tubi and i are definitely weighing it up right now

23:13oh my gosh love that was incredible you missed out it was so good do you know how to play

23:19the handpan

23:20we do like by the end we were both playing it yeah we should see the videos

23:40so

23:50so

23:52so

25:11All right, we're just headed on the, let me get this right, Champuhan Ridge Walk, which

25:18is like a pretty famous trail that everybody walks here in Ubud.

25:24We have never done it for whatever reason, I don't know why, but today we're giving it

25:29a crack before the weather turns.

25:31It's only 7am, so hopefully we'll be able to do it.

25:43It's so beautiful.

25:47So the word Champuhan comes from Balinese and it means the mixing of two rivers, which

25:57they believe is a powerful spiritual energy because of these, the mixing of these two

26:04rivers.

26:04And it's been a holy site for prayer and purification dating back to the 8th century.

26:12It's a Buddhist temple here called Pura Gunan Leba Temple.

26:22And so that's why many of the Balinese come and do this walk because it's like a purification

26:28sort of meditation walk.

26:30And you can feel it here actually.

26:32Yeah.

26:37It's sort of symbolic for our time here in Ubud.

26:40I feel like a completely different person after a week here.

26:45Oh, this is getting pretty steep.

26:49I thought it was a walk, so I wore a dress.

26:55Well, honestly, in all the photos on like Google, it's just like this flat, chill walk.

27:05Yeah, honestly, it's pretty steep.

27:22It looks like there's a Wurrung here or a coffee shop with a swing, but it's not open.

27:35I think it said on Google at the end of it, there's like restaurants and stuff.

27:40And here, I think we're at the top of the ridge nearly.

27:45It's very, very peaceful.

27:47All you can hear is birds and insects and there's palm trees on the other side of the ridge.

27:53It's pretty cool.

28:27That's very cool.

28:34Look at all.

28:36I can't read all the shapes without a Fra jum at the edges of the bay.

28:37They didn't see more big on the'Toootzdem house between Entonces.

28:40Walpoken house, they'd be like, you know, there's like this particular arch that the roadden can be changed.

28:47All right, well that wraps up the ridge walk.

28:50Really wasn't that difficult, it was just the beginning that was a little bit steep,

28:54so wearing a dress and Birkenstocks was fine.

28:57We're actually getting ready to pack up and head to a new country for a few weeks to a

29:04month, and then we'll be heading back to Bali.

29:07So if you're here for Bali content, don't worry, we are coming back, but we're really

29:10excited to go check out this new country, so if you do want to follow along, make sure

29:14you like and subscribe to our channel, we're really, really excited about this.

29:19It's been a while since we've seen a new country, we've kind of been bouncing around between

29:22places that we frequented and that we love, so this should be really exciting, we're excited

29:27to share it with you guys.

29:28This will be Lila's sixth country, which is super exciting for her, but as always, thank

29:32you guys so much for watching, we really appreciate it, and lots of love, we will see you in the

29:37next series.

29:39Bye!

29:44Lila LOVES looking people in the eye, yes, death staring.

29:52um some of our favorite like war room some of our favorite what some of our favorite war rooms

30:04he was coming over who where this guy

30:10he startled me a bit you startled me don't make that sound

30:27they seem really scared of us

30:29yeah they seem more scared of us than we are them eh

30:41yeah honestly some of the other tourists are the worst part

30:49run away

30:50run away

30:52you're never too far to run

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31:03it's free of escape

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