Day 138 Amed to Ubud

When we booked our transport to Ubud I asked to go fishing with a local the next morning. I was collected at 5am by the guy we had booked with and rode on a motorbike round a couple of bays to meet his Dad who took me out. I was looking for the local experience and I got it. The Dad & I took his 10ft Canoe with out riggers & traditional sail out with what they said was close to 1000 other boats (the same happens every morning) we sailed out in probably a 15knot breeze for an hour and a half at a pretty good speed. I watched a nice sunrise between bailing the water out, some of the waves were breaking and the open canoe takes on plenty of water when a wave comes in. Besides that the constant spray from the windward outrigger made for wet sailing.
Out at the fishing ground I got a bit confused when we watched a few boats pull their nets & we didn't do the same. He then turned around and we headed back and I think at this point Lombok nearly looked closer than Bali. Back on shore I sat with a few fishermen and had a coffee. I had another coffee with the family who took me out & some rice based sweets the wife had made. The son who we arranged the transport with explained to me why we didn't do any fishing,(It was a bad day & too many nets out already) who the people were and about his family (he had one younger brother and they lived in a plain concrete block house about 5x10metres situated 20metres back from the water). The boat or his scooter were likely more valuable than the house. I was given more sweets to take back to Rachel & thanked them for the experience.
At 10 our taxi arrived and he took us on the 2 hour trip to Ubud, we walked about for a short while trying a few places for a room but after such an amazing spot in Amed it was tough & expensive in comparison but we have a nice room for 180,000IR with breakfast.
We spent the afternoon walking the shops, thats pretty much what Ubud is about, its the art centre of Bali and from what I read and see its the other half to what is the tourist Mecca Kuta Beach.
Neither Rachel or I thought much of the town theres plenty of shops but you need to be careful with quality and the prices are high.