As we learned the previous day during our coffee tour, cinnamon is locally grown there in Ubud. Also, we didn’t realize cinnamon comes from tree bark (they showed us some at the coffee plantation). Our minds were blown but the bark seriously smells like cinnamon. So of course we had to try breakfast at Ubud Cinnamon and it was only 200 meters from our place so just a quick walk there! We tried the cream cheese and salted caramel mini cinnamon rolls and they tasted like the Cinnabon rolls if not better!

After breakfast, we met up with Agus to head out for another tour day. Our first stop was at Aloha Ubud to grab those swing pictures you see all over Instagram. They have dresses for rent in several colors and it was only $12 to rent so I said “why not?” When in Bali right?? (Warning: lots of pictures ahead)

They were pretty efficient in shuffling people through the the six swings and picture spots. And then hit you at the end with “Here’s your professional pics, buy them”. Grant had been taking pictures from behind but since he had missed a couple shots we decided to go with their deal since it was “cheap.” And they some of them turned out pretty well!

Our next stop was at a local waterfall. Isiah’s one request was to head to a waterfall that’s not crowded with a bunch of tourists. Agus knew exactly where to go and took us to Gua Rangreng waterfall. We headed down a set of stairs that opened up to the base of the first waterfall. Grant and Isiah climbed up the side and had the guide help them down through the water. Ellen and I were initially confused as we thought from our angle that the guide was going to have them slide on their backs through a bunch of rocks to the base. Thankfully he was just showing them various spots that would feel nice under the water and helped them make it back down safely. We all got a good laugh in that the guide knew the fall so well he just walked down it the whole time while Grant and Isiah stayed on their butts so as to not fall.

Afterwards, Agus told us that the guide could take us through the river to the other two waterfalls so we decided to take him up on the offer. None of us were prepared for the trek we were about to make through the river. I can’t remember if he told us to take our shoes off or just thought that’s what was best, but those of us wearing sandals should have kept them on. The walk through the river was just walking over various sized rocks throughout 95% of the hike. At one point I turned to Grant and told him “This is not enjoyable!”. Thankfully, two other guides headed back had a bag of shoes that he gave me and Ellen to wear for the final portion of the hike.

Once to the sandbar area, we took off the shoes and swam through the river to the other waterfalls. There was a swing that you could get on while the guide would take pictures. You could tell he had done this a bunch and had his photo spots to get that “right picture.” We swam further into the river to the final spot before turning to head back.

Once back through the last waterfall, the guide stopped to ask if any of us wanted to jump off the small ledge above us. We all took turns but you definitely had to keep your legs in a cannonball position or you were going to hit the bottom. The walk back was a little better (at least for me as I had those shoes) but Grant and Isiah were still struggling walking over the rocks. They ended up sharing the pair of shoes Ellen was using and ended up with one shoe each. Ellen was a trooper and did the best barefoot on the rocks.

We all were exhausted by that point and were ready for a shower and quick reprieve before dinner. Ellen had found a nice dinner place to try which turned out to be in a nearby resort. We were surprised to find the menu prices weren’t that bad as we thought the prices would have been higher at a nice resort like this. Even with the four of us, dinner and drinks was under $100.

We headed back to our villa to figure out the last two days Grant and I had in Bali. The next airline we were flying, Jetstar, had emailed us and pulled our departure date in by one day which gave us less Bali time. We decided to head down south towards Uluwatu and spend the time relaxing at a resort there. Since the resort was closer to the airport, Grant and I spent the rest of the night packing up our things before closing our eyes for the night.