Earlier today I had a great cooking class where I got to cook and sample a few different Indonesian dishes.
Not hungry to eat after my cooking class but I still I wanted to have a night out so I end up at a café that has live music playing.
The band is entertaining with their versions of popular western songs. The drummer and his bench drum is especially cool to watch.
It is a nice night out but I don’t stay out too late.
Little did I know the next day I would get pretty sick.
It appears that I have gotten some gastrointestinal or food born illness. I don’t feel well at all and I don’t leave my room for a day or so except to ask the hotel for these below.
A day later I am finally brave enough to try to eat something (but not brave enough to eat the fancy breakfast next door). I head to the grocery store about 1k around the corner. I still feel crappy and my walking is labored. The choices at the grocery store are less than exciting. I buy a loaf of bread plus a couple other things I think I might be able to eat. I carry my stuff back to the hotel. As I am walking back some men start screaming at me. I am confused and irritated. Turns out I was being stalked by a pair of monkeys that were in the process of stealing my groceries out of my bag. I almost have a meltdown at that point. I am sick as can be, can only eat this stupid stale loaf of bread and monkeys are trying to steal it from me. Because of the warning from the men (whom I never thank by the way – angry/embarrassed me!) my bread makes it back to the hotel. It is terrible but at least I am eating something.
I thank myself for choosing Ubud as a location to splurge for the nicer hotel. It is so much better to be sick in a nice comfortable room than a hostel or budget hotel.
Luckily by the next day I am feeling good enough to head out. Unfortunately it is too late to take advantage of some of the other sightseeing things around town. Another city on my to-return list!
I am off soon to travel to Yogyakarta to see a different part of Indonesia. Bye Ubud!
Growing With Leala 
Oh I love this city. I still remember going to the forest of monkeys. Was fun.
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