Bean Traveling...

June 5, 2010

Ubud - Day 2

Picked up at 9am this morning and headed to the Butterfly Park. The drive was about 1.5hrs away from Ubud. It was small, but full of butterflies and other creepy sorts of bugs. I met up with Del and Tina about 15 minutes after I had arrived. There was a gazebo that housed all of the cocoons and they had a few that had just hatched that morning. There were hundreds of cocoons inside, some were almost 6" in size. These were for the Barong butterflies, which have a wing span of over 8". All of the butterflies in there were so tame. The guides placed them all over us and took pictures. We got to hold some really big ones and I think I got some great pictures. The actual gardens had several water features and was completely netted in to keep out the birds.

After the butterfly park, I headed back to Ubud. Del and Tina headed back south. We stopped at a beautiful waterfall on the way back and a couple of touristy areas, but I wasn't really interested in buying anything today. I had a late lunch and went for my massage appointment, which again was lovely. I certainly could get used to living here, except the lack of hockey might kill me.

I was planning on going souvenir shopping tomorrow, my last full day in Ubud, but the woman from the Wayan, Girai, is taking me on a motorbike tour through the rice paddies. Once she found out I had no concrete plans, she insisted. I hope we get back in time for me to go to the Monkey Forest. I can't believe I've been here for almost 2 days and I haven't been yet!


~Bean