Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The Miracle place called Ubud



This is the place where a time seems to be slower or sometimes stopped. You can stay for as long as you like to feel the comfort of your vacation, forgetting about your work and home work. This is Ubud, where you can still find the green land terrace everywhere, where flowers is mesmerizing like it is spring all the year, you can called it a modernized nature.

Pity for travelers in Indonesia was late to found out this place, because many artist from Europe have stay and exploring Ubud since 1920. They came there and getting the fabulous nature, listening to the gamelan music and realize that everyone in Ubud is skillful in art. The perfect combination of nature, culture and human civilization that makes Ubud an international village that keep living and growing steadily.

If you are asking what do you want to find more about Bali? Is it just about the beach for surfing? Or is about the hot sun bathing in the sand? Or is about the crowded night life under the disco lamp splash with strange cocktail? Well if you are looking for the real Bali that still origin, Bali that is not just about shopping but also touchable true life where you can find the great picture at your postcard Ubud your answer.

The first thing we remember about bali is the gamelan music accompanying the beautiful dancers with their eccentric eyes with total expression. It was the traditional dancing show that make the night in Ubud alive. They were dancing with the golden attribute and its called Legong dance.

You can find most of arts studio, gallery and many museum at Ubud. Museum Neka is one of them, it’s contains painting collection of Bali artist and Indonesia from 1930 till present. The painting are located chronologically so you can easily understand the art history in Bali and Indonesia.

For me, traveling is always about about two things, exploring new places and exploring their special food. Bebek Betutu (duck) and Bebek Goreng (fried duck) is one of their famous food menu. Duck to the Bali people is defining the power and the ability to survive in two nature, because duck able to live and eat at the mainland also duck can move swiftly on the water. What most interesting that the process of making Bebek Betutu take about 8 hours cooked with the traditional way.

Another food is the roast suckling pig (babi guling). It is the famous food in whole Bali. You can find this food at Ubud on Suweta road. This road is always full with cars and motorcycle especially at lunch hour. Everyone is waiting for pieces of pig meats roasted till it shinnies and full of secret flavor that has been passed for generations. The roast suckling pig is served with vegetables mix with coconut and super extra hot originally chilli with warm rice..ehmm yummy yummy.

At Ubud is greatly advise if you doing some sightseeing, it’s the perfect place for healing your body and soul from the heat of the city. The natural environment will makes you feel relax and comfortable. And after a full day activity don’t be to shy to spoil yourself in a spa. with using all natural product that has been known for hundred years ago. Breathe the cooling aromateraphy, drown yourself in the bathtub full of warm water, flowers and ingredients. Let it go all of your thought when doing the aromatherapy massage that combining Swedish, Shiatsu, acupressure and Bali massage in one with massage oil that will revive your vitality.

Last thing I want to tell you is about the ceremony and Bali culture. At Ubud all culture is ritually happened since hundreds years ago. The fruit that is set up like a tower, the ingredients that set up in every Bali house, the ceremony itself and dozens men shouting in cremation ceremony. All of that is the life of culture, sometimes it makes you realize what century are we living now. If you want to explore all of above things that excites you, that make you curious, then please come to Ubud yourself and prove the miracle place that called Ubud.

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