Ubud, Bali with Friends
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Entrance to our villa (Note: this blog has small sized photos to load more quickly. At the bottom of this post there is a slideshow which links to the large sized photos stored in Flikr - in case you are interested in more detailed viewing...) October 12 I flew out to Bali to join 7 friends from Hong Kong at a 4 bedroom luxury villa 20 minutes north of Ubud for 8 nights. My flight landed first, 20 minutes before the Rules. We were to share a car for the 2 hour drive to our villa north of Ubud. But before our car arrived Tony, Joanne and Rudy arrived (as did their car). We spent a bit of time waiting on our car and driver but with Bali traffic we all managed to arrive at the villa right behind each other. Murni's Villas is a small complex of 3 villas, infinity swimming pool, lush tropical gardens perched on a hill top over looking terraced rice paddys. The villa we are in is perfect for a large group of friends with its 4 bedrooms, huge common dining/living area, full kitche