48 Hours in The Misty Mountains of Bali

Lloyd & Mandy

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00:00Is it not? Like a fairytale?

00:07Wow, this joint is awesome.

00:20How did we deal with negative comments on a recent video of ours?

00:26Do you want to try? Yeah.

00:28This one?

00:30Like getting our grab driver to fly the drone for the first time, which is pretty cool. I think he

00:34really liked it.

00:42The price of entry for creating content and putting yourself out there is criticism.

00:48Being a nomad is not a vacation. It's freedom, but it's also discipline.

00:52It's an exchange of security for enhanced experiences.

00:56It's a way of life.

00:57When times are getting crazy, and everything seems hazy, is there some place for safety I could go?

01:08Run away, run away, run away, run away into your escape.

01:14Run away, run away, run away, you're never too far to run.

01:20Run away, run away, run away into your escape.

01:25Run away, run away, run away.

01:28Run away, run away, run away.

01:32Run away, run away, run away.

01:35Ah, ah, ah, ah

02:08Thank you

02:09Thank you

02:10Thank you

02:15And during your stay with us

02:16We will have one Bacler

02:18This will be everything you're doing in the state here

02:40Alright, we've been escorted to the room by the butler.

02:43We've got our own butler for the next three days.

02:47Which is pretty cool.

02:50Ready to go?

02:51Yes, thank you.

03:05It's okay.

03:21It's okay.

03:37Wow, this joint is awesome.

03:40Lloyd, are you already eating?

03:44Lloyd's already cracked into the snacks here.

03:46We brought a bunch and we ate them along the way.

03:49Oh, you want one?

03:55Yep.

03:58This is awesome.

03:59The jacuzzi looks so good and it looks really warm.

04:02And it's like, it's been raining like the whole way here.

04:05And it's just sort of lit up at the moment but they said that it pretty much rains every afternoon

04:11and then it's sunny in the mornings mostly.

04:15All you can hear is roosters and running water and this pool is incredible.

04:22It's got a gym here.

04:23They've got yoga, which I'm definitely going to hit up.

04:28Oh my goodness.

04:28They've got a tennis court, they've got horse stables, which I had no idea about.

04:34This place is incredible.

04:35I can't wait to explore a bit more.

04:58I can't wait to explore a bit more.

05:26Okay, we've pretty much been in the jacuzzi since we arrived.

05:30We've had some food and now we're going to head up for some tea.

05:35Which usually Lloyd and I aren't really stoked on afternoon teas but I think since becoming

05:39parents now we're like, we're big on the tea.

05:43We're big on the afternoon tea.

05:45I'm actually really excited for it.

05:46Just to see what the tea is here.

05:48Let's see if it's like the three tier one that we're talking or are we talking just cakes.

05:53I don't know.

05:54We'll see what happens.

05:55What do you think, Laila?

05:56Are you ready for tea?

05:57Let's go see what they got.

06:02So, today for the afternoon tea, right?

06:04Yes.

06:09Ready?

06:10Yes.

06:13Come to the jungle.

06:15The jungle, yeah.

06:19Our concept is nature, culture and sustainable.

06:25And it's a coffee plantation, right?

06:27Yes.

06:28It's a coffee plantation.

06:29That's the nature one.

06:30Yeah.

06:31But also sustainable because we use all from our organic compost.

06:37So, we have like horses, goats, and chicken that we took for the compost.

06:44Oh, cool.

06:45Yeah.

06:46And also we try to use eco like energy, green energy.

06:51Green.

06:52That's like a solar panel but not a lot, yeah?

06:56Yeah.

06:57We still do in the process.

06:58Okay.

06:59Terima kasih.

07:00Terima kasih.

07:01Could you find the afternoon tea?

07:04Uh, yeah.

07:05That's just the first.

07:07Great.

07:07Any table?

07:09Also, would you like to reserve the table for tonight?

07:12Um, yeah.

07:13We might take room service tonight.

07:28It smells so good in here.

07:29It's sort of like spicy.

07:31There's like fresh, like they've got some fresh spices and stuff out.

07:35It smells unreal.

07:39Sure, is there any, uh...

07:42No.

07:46No.

07:48No.

07:59No.

08:02No.

08:29Alright guys, just gonna take a real quick break from the vlog because a ton of you

08:33send us messages and DMs asking us how we managed to travel so light, especially with a baby.

08:39And the honest answer is these two Level 8 Roadrunner suitcases. We've been using these

08:45Level 8 suitcases for almost three years now and they've survived everything from plane journeys,

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08:57love most about these suitcases is how easy it is to keep everything organized. They've got this

09:02little compartment in the front here which you can put your laptop and all your accessories in and

09:06because it's a hard shell you don't have to worry about it breaking or anything when you're boarding

09:11a plane or you're chucking it in the overhead locker. Everything is kept there safe and sound

09:15and separated. And they're also big enough that we can fit pretty much everything we need for like a

09:21week or even a two week long trip. I managed to put all of our filming equipment and our tech

09:26gear

09:26plus all my stuff in one of our bags. And then Mandy puts all of hers and Lila's stuff in

09:32the other

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10:13Alright so we're here in Munduk. If you've never been to Munduk, it is a really unique cool place to

10:21visit.

10:21if you're coming to Bali. I know there's a lot of people who have traveled all around Bali and they

10:27understand how diverse it is. But I think a lot of people coming to Bali think of like when they're

10:33coming they just think of Canggu, Kuda, maybe Ubud, Uluwatu. You think of like resorts and day clubs,

10:43fancy restaurants, things like that. Munduk's very unique because it's up in the north of Bali.

10:49It's about two hours from the coast. So two hours from like Canggu where we're staying.

10:54And it's up in the mountains and it's relatively cold for Bali. It's about 16 or 17 degrees right now,

11:01first thing in the morning. We have a fireplace here in our villa that we're staying at.

11:08And you can just see the clouds lifting over the mountains. It's pretty much,

11:14it is monsoon season now so it rains pretty much every afternoon here. The mornings are actually

11:22pretty good. Like you can see the blue sky right now. So this morning the goal is to go and

11:29make

11:29the most of the good weather. It's very local here. Like as you drive around you won't see any like

11:35western style cafes or restaurants or you know all the stuff you see in like Canggu and Uluwatu and Ubud

11:43and stuff.

11:44Everything is very local. There's just Wurrungs everywhere and a couple of hotels and that's pretty much it.

11:49There's epic, epic waterfalls here in Mundur.

11:54Since we were young, chased by the sun, feeling the tide rise, sometimes I want to go back.

12:13Just wanted you to know, just wanted you to know, just wanted you to know that.

12:49Where we're staying is a coffee plantation. So coffee is actually a pretty big industry here in Bali as you

12:57might know.

12:57There's the Bali farmhouse which we're going to be visiting which I had no idea even existed.

13:04It doesn't feel like you're in a tropical island. It feels like you're just in a regular

13:09farm and it's not hot. Tonight is also full moon which in Bali, because they are Hindu, is quite a

13:17big deal. They do pretty big celebrations. They're having a special barbecue here at the resort

13:23for the full moon which is going to be epic. I've noticed that pretty much every country we travel to

13:29celebrates the full moon. It feels like something that's been stripped away from Western culture.

13:36Like when we're in Sri Lanka, the full moon was a massive deal being a Buddhist country. But

13:42like pretty much everywhere we go, like Thailand the same. Even in Mexico they celebrate the full moon.

13:48It feels like for whatever reason, in Australian culture and Canadian and American and whatever,

13:56European, we don't really acknowledge it. And I don't know, I think maybe we're missing out on

14:01something because, not to sound like woo-woo or anything, but I have noticed if you don't think that

14:08the moon and the sun give us a certain type of energy then I think you're really like missing out

14:16on something because there is something there. I've noticed energy changes depending on which

14:21part of the month it is and like the full moon and the tides and the weather and the seasons,

14:28like

14:29energy changes all the time. And I think we kind of ignore that in Western society these days for

14:36whatever reason. So we're pretty pumped for tonight. I'm going to go check out the the barbecue for the full

14:42moon.

15:08Let's go check out the video.

15:15Let's go.

15:24Let's go.

15:27Let's go.

15:36I don't know.

16:04Wow, this is pretty cool.

16:07Honestly, they've got like a horse stable over here.

16:10I just brought Lila up to this playground, which is really nice.

16:15And the weather's very mild, like maybe 18 degrees.

16:20Sun's out, so Mandy's doing some yoga.

16:23Me and Mandy are going to meet up for breakfast after this.

16:25But, yeah, this is a really cool place.

16:31Okay, Lila's preoccupied with this awesome playground.

16:37Hopefully you can hear me over these chickens in the background.

16:39But I just wanted to touch on something that came up yesterday.

16:42Because I put a question box up on our Instagram stories.

16:46And somebody asked me, how did we deal with negative comments on a recent video of ours?

16:54And I gave a straightforward answer.

16:58And I'm going to give the same answer here.

17:00Because this comes up a lot.

17:03The price of entry for creating content and putting yourself out there is criticism.

17:12You're always going to get people criticizing something you do.

17:17Whether it's a family member or a friend.

17:20Or if you're putting yourself out there on YouTube or Instagram, for instance, to a wider audience, you are going

17:26to get some criticism.

17:27And if you aren't willing to accept that, then you can't play the game.

17:32That's the first point.

17:33And the second point is we try to provide value with every video that we put out.

17:38So whether that's sharing a place that we think is great for families or digital nomads.

17:45Or it could be our thoughts and opinions.

17:48Or where to go, where not to go, what to do.

17:52What we think is valuable from our honest perspective is what gets on these videos.

18:01And sometimes that doesn't land with everybody.

18:04And sometimes, yeah, it provides value to 80% of people and the other 20% think it's rubbish.

18:13But the truth is, when you're creating anything, and this goes for video, music, art, if you're writing a book,

18:20if you're building a house, whatever it is you're doing,

18:23you can't be captured by the people you're doing it for.

18:27You can't be captured by your audience.

18:28Because if you go into it thinking this is what they're going to like or this is what people want

18:34to see,

18:34you're not a mind reader.

18:35You never know what people actually like and what they want to see.

18:38So the only way to be authentic and to share something that people hopefully will like is to share what

18:45you like or to share your own opinion.

18:47So we share what we think is valuable and what is true to us and what is honest to us.

18:53And some people aren't going to see it the same way.

18:57And some videos, most of the people won't even agree with us.

19:01And then some videos, everyone will agree with us.

19:04It's just, it's not up to us to decide what people will like or not.

19:08If you're always trying to make something to get people's validation or to get views or to get clicks or

19:15whatever it is,

19:16you're going to fail because you don't live in other people's heads.

19:20You don't know what other people want or like.

19:22So the only way to create something meaningful is to create something that is coming from yourself, that's true to

19:30yourself.

19:30This is something that gets like brought up a lot and we get a lot of like comments and DMs

19:36on people like 95% of the feedback we get on our content is really positive.

19:43We get people messaging and commenting saying like, thanks for, you know, sharing this information.

19:49But there is like a percentage of negativity and people questioning like every move we make.

19:56And that's fine.

19:58Like that's completely fine.

19:59It took a while, but we are totally happy accepting that.

20:03So hopefully if you're here watching this video, it's because there's some value in it to you.

20:08And hopefully you can keep watching more of our content and subscribe to our channel if you resonate with the

20:14way we're living our life,

20:16which we know is quite different to most people.

20:23I don't know what it is about paddle in Bali, but it is a massive sport.

20:27Literally everywhere there is a paddle court, even here, they're building a brand new paddle court.

20:34I'd never played it before until we were in Tulum actually.

20:39It must just be like something that's taken off over the last couple of years because honestly, never even heard

20:45of it until about two years ago.

20:57Not a bad breakfast for you, eh?

20:59It's beautiful.

21:01Eh, Lala?

21:03It's so nice and there's nice breeze up here.

21:05The weather's just incredible.

21:07I'm loving it.

21:08Oh.

21:10Yeah, it's nice being not, it's nice not sweating your ass off for a couple of days, eh?

21:17I want my boat across the boat that you live inside of me.

21:23I'll cut the pools to keep you closer from the light.

21:28I'll barge right through your doorway in spite of what you told me.

21:35It's okay.

21:37Do you want to try?

21:38Yeah.

21:39This one?

21:41Left?

21:42Left, left, left, up, and double.

21:44forward, backward, and up and down.

22:15Keep you safe, you're trying to keep you safe.

22:20You brought up your window panes and cover every layer of light.

22:27I'll roll my boat across the moat that you live inside of.

22:33I'll cut the balls to keep you close out from the light.

22:38I'll barge right through your doorway in spite of what you told me.

22:51It's getting our grab driver to fly the drone for the first time, which is pretty cool.

22:55I think he really liked it.

23:14I'll roll my boat across the moat that you live inside of.

23:20I'll cut the balls to keep you close out from the light.

23:26Okay, we are here at the Bali Farmhouse, which is just about 15-20 minutes from the resort.

23:35They've got apparently alpacas and ponies and all different types of farm animals.

23:42I think it's a really cool, kid-friendly activity for us to do.

23:45We're going to check it out for a couple of hours.

23:50So as well as your entry ticket, you can purchase animal feeding for all different types of animals.

23:56They've got ostrich, check goat, rabbit, guinea pig, shetland pony, alpaca, donkey.

24:06What do you reckon?

24:07I want to walk an alpaca really bad.

24:09You want to walk it?

24:10Yeah.

24:11I'm pretty keen for the donkey, honestly.

24:18This is so cool.

24:19It's like pine trees everywhere and immaculately kept grass and gardens and everything.

24:26There's an absolutely enormous playground here and a train that runs around the whole place.

24:32So we got entry tickets and we got tickets to feed alpacas, the donkeys, rabbits and guinea

24:42pigs, and we've got a train ride.

24:44And we're going to get lunch here as well.

24:46So I figured we're here now.

24:47The weather's good.

24:48We might as well spend an hour or two here before we go back to the resort.

24:57How nice are these trees?

24:59Are they fake?

24:59This is so nice.

25:00Are they real?

25:02They're real.

25:06It's like a fairytale.

25:10Is it not like a fairytale?

25:12Yeah.

25:12Isn't it amazing?

25:13Oh, look at the train.

25:18I see the train go by.

25:20We're going to get on it after.

25:26They are free.

25:28Sorry ma' низ!

25:31Do you like to go there?

25:31Ready, let's go...

25:48Array, which is fine for me!

25:49They've also really included eating rasa sisters from the area in the정을 witness

25:52Just over and over

25:55I want you to go for the time I'm still amazing

25:59You're just going to cry when you're alone and shaking

26:02Turn me up and you're gonna lie

26:07You're always with your girl

26:10You're gonna lie

26:18With your girl

26:26I'll wake up and I'm still crying

26:29I'm still crying

26:30There you go

26:33Hey, boy

26:34Bye, boy

26:42You're all right

26:43Bye, boy

26:46Bye

27:00I'll help you find your peace of mind

27:02You don't always have to climb

27:04You can just stay under covers

27:08Leave the old world behind

27:10When everybody's going blind

27:12Baby, you don't have to suffer

27:16How won't you go for the times now, baby?

27:21Can't you feel it, really?

27:22I'm going to shake it

27:24Tell me how do you have it now?

27:28You always make it go out of it

28:00What the hell was that?

28:03That was terrifying

28:06Boy, that donkey was just feeding

28:09Flipped out on these other two women feeding it

28:14Was he not happy?

28:16I don't know, that seemed like defensive or something, kind of

28:20What was that, Lila?

28:22All right, well that was really cool

28:23That exceeded our expectations, honestly

28:26If you're coming to Munduk

28:28Or even like Lavina

28:30Anywhere really in the northern part of Bali

28:32Highly recommend coming out to the Bali farmhouse

28:36The food was incredible

28:39Wasn't expecting there to be such great food

28:41And everything's pristine and brand new

28:43It's not too expensive

28:44So especially if you're with a family

28:45Or if you're with kids, I mean

28:48Come and check it out

28:49We're going to go back to the resort

28:51Because it looks like it's going to start raining pretty soon

28:54We'll probably just light a fire

28:58And get cosy

28:59And chill out before the barbecue tonight

29:02For the full moon

29:43It's raining outside, it's cold

29:45We've got the fire going

29:48We've got room service here

29:52Not bad, eh?

29:53This is the coziest server I've ever been

29:56Honestly, it doesn't even feel like we're in Bali

29:59I think we needed this

30:00Yeah

30:00After a couple of months in like

30:02Tropical weather

30:04It's nice to just have a bit of a change

30:37If I'm not mistaken that you will join with us to our barbecue, right?

30:41Yes, yes, yes

30:42So the chef is still prepared

30:44Okay

31:10It's very dark here

31:11Okay, so we just started learning that it's actually tradition to do barbecue on the full moon

31:19Which Floyd and I really like

31:20I think it's good to spend time outside in the moonlight

31:25It's called Pernama, I think I'm pronouncing that correctly

31:29Pernama barbecue for full moon

31:33And you're meant to have all your family and friends with you

31:35Somewhere along the line, that was probably tradition

31:39Like everywhere

31:40Yeah

31:41And we just lost it

31:42Yeah

31:43I think a lot of those things

31:46Lost and lost

31:47Yeah

31:48Yeah

31:48I mean like

31:50There's a reason in Australia and America and stuff on like holidays we do grills or barbecues

31:56I also find it interesting that crime rate actually goes up on full moons

32:03and people might think that it's just like woo woo crazy stuff but like it's real

32:09Full moon stuff is real, full moon stuff is real and tracking the moon should be more regular in our

32:16society, I think

32:19Morning

32:20Morning

32:22Oh, so you wake up so early

32:23Yeah

32:24Yeah

32:25Usually it's 5am

32:27Same

32:27Yeah

32:29My son also was 5-4

32:31Yeah

32:37This is our first floating breakfast, we've actually never done this before and this is like a Bali novelty

32:43I feel like if you come to Bali, it's like if you haven't done a floating breakfast, what are you

32:47doing?

32:47And we have never done it

32:49So I'm really excited right now

32:50The food looks so good

32:52Thank you so much

32:53Do you need a salt and pepper?

32:55I think we still have some inside

32:57Yeah

32:57Thank you

32:58Thank you

33:14So where are you?

33:16So where are you?

33:39So I've actually been seeing a bit of a theme on YouTube at the moment that places like Vegas and

33:46Berlin that are like known

33:48Party destinations are not getting much tourism at the moment because partying is kind of dying

33:54Apparently Gen Z is partying less than any other generation

33:59They're smoking less and they're drinking less

34:01And the number one thing that they look for when they are going on a holiday is nature is the

34:06number one thing that they search for

34:07So places like this are popping up a lot more frequently than nightclubs

34:13And anything like that that involves partying

34:16Which I actually find really interesting because that just sort of seems like it's the end of an era

34:20And like nature and wellness holidays are like where it's at now

34:23So this place like it feels it feels pretty full at the moment

34:27Like there is I would say they're almost fully booked if not fully booked

34:32But it doesn't feel like overly crowded or anything like that

34:35It's still very private

34:36Really interesting change of times and it's not like all older couples or families either

34:40Like it's a lot of young people in my yoga class was all young women with me

34:45Um, yeah change of times things are shifting a little bit people are wanting to spend more time in nature

34:51and

34:52Not really caring so much about the party scene anymore, which is really interesting

35:04All right, we're checking out

35:06Um, they gave us this little gift breakfast coffee

35:12Which is awesome I need some new coffee

35:14Some good quality coffee not just that instant crap at the supermarket

35:19Uh, we're heading back to Canggu now

35:21It's about a two hour drive

35:22It's probably going to be raining the whole way back

35:26And we're probably going to be sleeping because we're tired

35:28Can't recommend this resort and Munduk in general enough

35:32Guys, if you want to get off the beaten path

35:34Uh, and you want to get up in the mountains in nature

35:38Um, come check out Munduk

35:41We'll leave the link to the resort down below

35:44Uh, in the description and in the pinned comment

35:47And, um, we'll see you next week for our next video

35:49Thanks for watching

35:50Don't forget to like and subscribe

35:52Cheers

35:58Why wouldn't it here?

36:01I don't know, just cause like the hot tub's hot, loud, hot

36:08The GoPro won't here cause the hot tub's hot

36:11We had tea and delivered to our little villa

36:15Tea and scrumpets

36:16Tea and scrumpets

36:19Just a very healing, beautiful place to come

36:24Um, oh, it's getting very dark in here

36:27Whoa, I'm actually scared

36:29They're huge

36:46This is scary, I don't like this

36:48This is scary, I don't like this

37:03This looks like, uh, she looks like my daughter

37:05Yeah?

37:06Yeah

37:06But in the future

37:08Oh, how old's your daughter?

37:10He doesn't have one

37:11Oh, hahaha

37:12She's not married yet

37:13Oh, okay

37:18It's a bit freaky

37:21Birds are too unpredictable

37:22Like

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