The plan for today was 1) get Ma'arif a haircut 2) exchange money and 3) take a long drive up to Ubud with friends.
We made our way to Kuta at about 10am, our taxi driver dropped us off on some random street and we walked and walked and walked, checking every money changer we saw for the best rate. After nearly resigning to a 9150Rp/$1 exchange rate, we spotted a sign for 9799Rp/$1, the teller typed in 9790 into the calculator which I questioned, after he checked the sign to confirm the number he offered me a rate of 9998 if I exchanged $400, I couldn't pass up the deal so I agreed, he didn't have any small denominations and neither did I so he ended up giving me the full 4mill Rupiah making the rate 10000Rp/$1!! Needless to say I was pretty stoked!
We kept walking and found a beauty salon which offered hair cuts. I had to have a bit of a chuckle when a very effeminate man named Lady began to start work on my boyfriend's hair. My boyfriend has a mild, irrational fear of gay hairdressers hahaha
Once his "traumatic" experience was over we walked around the corner to meet up with our friends. Their driver friend took us all for a very beautiful drive up to Ubud so that we could take Tennille and her boyfiend Didik to their new accommodation, a bungalow in the middle of a rice field. The location was beautiful but getting there was a near disaster! The road up to the bungalow wasn't signed as bike only access so we drove our merry way up and up and up and stop...
We ended up stuck on the middle of a tiny dirt road with mud and channels of water hugging both sides..! A little bit of faith and a lot of perseverance later we were on our way back down the hill, minus Tennille and Didik.
We were both hungry so we went to a nice open restaurant overlooking a rice field for lunch, it was very yummy! But the rats running along the roof above our heads was a bit off-putting :S
After lunch we wanted to go see the famous rice terraces, so off we drove the 30 min drive up the mountain again. About two minutes from getting there it started raining...and raining and raining and raining!
This is the view we ended up with...
The night went much better than the day, we had a nice dinner and I fell in love with Coconut Liqueur, the evening entertainment was a variation on Beetle Juice, with some very risque costumes on the women and adult themed dance moves at various points of the show...it was very entertaining as always though! Followed up with a wonderful white party, with bubbles and blue fairy lights and costumes and everyone decked out in white.
After that we headed over to the bar and danced the night away to the beautiful tones of Club Med Euro-Pop ;P
Then off to bed at midnight :D
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