Our second morning was very relaxed with the exception of determining whether or not to check out the nearby medical clinic for Grant’s heat rash and mosquito bite that he got while in Cambodia as things started to look worse.

We had decided the night before as a group to let the Airbnb staff make us breakfast as it was an option available in the guide book given to us at check in. It turned out to be a full spread with a fruit plate, smoothie, coffee/tea, pastries, and a plate with scrambled eggs, veggies, sausage and toast. Everything tasted so fresh and was prepared in the kitchen attached to your Airbnb, and ended up being no more than maybe $5 / person.

After breakfast, Grant and I headed to the clinic while Ellen and Isiah headed back to their place as she had to work on some homework for her online class. We were surprised how quick we got in and out of the clinic. The doctor gave Grant some oral antibiotics, steroids, and a steroid/antibiotic cream. We were hoping this would help as it was starting to hurt while he was walking and I could tell it was infected. We grabbed the meds/receipt and headed back to the villa to start the adventures for the day.

This time we had Ellen and Isiah’s driver, Agus, drive us around for the day. Our first stop was a nearby coffee plantation where she gave us a short tour about the coffee plants and other spices they grow on the property. We also got to meet the civets they use to make the Luwak coffee which is made by collecting the coffee beans from the civet dung. Supposedly makes the coffee less caffeinated but with a slight bitter taste. It wasn’t too bad but still wasn’t an absolute favorite of mine. It’s pretty expensive coffee, even locally in Indonesia, mainly because they only pick up the dung from wild civets naturally out eating beans in the field (in other words, it is pretty sparse).

We got a tasting of 5 coffees and 5 teas. You could tell they definitely added a bunch of sugar to all the drinks because they were really sweet. They had a ginger tea that made it seem like you just ate a whole ginger root. Isiah was the only fan of that one.

Grant was actually surprised they let him fly his drone around to snag a couple of videos and photos. This turned out to be the only place that didn’t have any No Drone signs around the property.

Our next stop was the Tegalalang Rice Terrace which is supposedly a UNESCO world heritage site. The site was really pretty but you could tell they had ramped the tourism portion up with adding stops to take photos like you were an authentic rice field worker, a zipline, a bicycle tightrope, along with some more swings. I didn’t realize that these swings were everywhere here. I thought there was really only one Bali swing but turns out every place has turned it into a tourist attraction.

Our last stop was the elephant cave which was one of the temples near Ubud. They have certain rules about people who cannot enter the temple (look up if you’re curious) so I decided to stay back to respect their culture. Turns out once in there, Grant, Isiah and Ellen ended up getting a tour from a local inside and could only understand about 25% of what he was saying.

As we were all hungry for a snack/late lunch, Agus dropped us off at a local restaurant near a rice field. We again got to sit up on a gazebo above the water. We learned that Ubud is known for their duck so Isiah was the brave one and tried out the crispy duck entree. He said it was actually pretty decent. Once finished, we headed back to the villas to rest for a moment and shower before heading to get pedicures and massages. Turns out Grant and Isiah had never had a pedicure and isiah had never had a massage before so we figured since they were so cheap here they needed to give it a try.

The pedicures weren’t the same as they are in the states but at least the guys could say they tried them out. Isiah loved his massage so much that Ellen and him decided to stay for foot massages while Grant and I headed for some food. We grabbed a drink and dinner at Taco Casa which thankfully turned out to be loads better than the chain we have in the states. (We were a little weary at first but the food was delicious!)

When we met up back up with them, we stopped by a restaurant nearby that had live music playing. He seemed like a local trying to be Jamaican but he did have a decent voice singing some Bob Marley. While there, we figured out our plans for the next day and then headed back to our villas to get some rest!