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Sacred Monkey Forest in Ubud, Bali

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It’s been a while ago but definitely always has been on my bucket list before to go to the monkey forest in Ubud, Bali. If not in Asia you barely have any opportunities to get this close to monkeys so I have really been looking forward to it. In fact, after I arrived in Bali at Denpasar airport I headed straight to Ubud for two days. The first day I used for just walking around, seeing some temples and getting an impression from Indonesia in general, while the second day I went to the Monkey Forest. I did not really plan anything before coming to Bali, I just knew that I wanted to scuba dive on the Gili islands and go see the monkeys. It was about a 35 minute walk away from my hostel which was located up a hill and not really hard to find. You will have to go down this long road full of souvenir jobs and cute little restaurants so you might want to have a look there as well. Arriving at a sign that said something like “Sacred Monkey Forest” I already saw a few monkey si...

Backpacking Bali Travel Guide 2020

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Interested? PIN NOW, read later! Bali is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world… This alone, for a long time, was enough to put me off from visiting! But I am oh so glad that I finally did visit Bali because this island is awesome. I’ve been to Bali twice over the last year and the second time I spent four months exploring and living on the island – next year, I plan to spend another four months in Bali; I truly fell in love with this magical place. Initially, I was really unsure I would EVER visiting Bali. My instincts told me that Bali was going to be an overrun island full of tourist traps. I was hesitant to go to Bali at first, but I ended up traveling there anyway and man! – Was I glad that I went backpacking in Bali! There are still a lot of potential bumps in the road when you travel around Bali (like choosing the right area to stay – they are all VERY different). Thankfully, we’ve provided you with this travel guide for Bali...