A cooler start to the day as we looked down on the lake and volcano below.

After a couple hours on the coach we arrived at a fruit farm growing cacao, bananas and snake fruit – the picture below shows them growing in the base of a tree where snakes also nest.

We tried a series of coffees, some flavoured with fruits and herbs as well as the special brew, and the most expensive cat-poo-chino, where the coffee beans are eaten from the trees from a local cat/mongoose who then excretes the beans which are then collected, cleaned and roasted.

We ordered our cat-poo-chino drinks and happily enjoyed them with a side order of nuts and crisps!!

As part of our travel operator G adventures commitment to the people of Bali, we visited a local centre where people born with disabilities work having been ostracised from their own community – sadly in Indonesia they are seen as bad luck so don’t go to school or work as others would.

We had a fab lunch, and then enjoyed a presentation from the residents before getting involved in a music performance. Great fun and lovely to help these people.

Some of the group travelled the last 30mins via motor bike and side car, but sadly there was a limited amount of passengers so we missed out this time. Michelle is keen we don’t next time around!!

Our hotel in Ubud was close to the monkey forest and as a result the gardens were filled with on lookers checking out opportunities for food. They nearly got some from us when one got in a room and tried to steel a packet of our sweets!!

This evening we visited the Royal Palace to see a traditional Balinese dance performance. It turned out to be a mix of a love story, the battle between good and evil with a pantomime mixed in. A little hard to follow but good fun all the same.

The evening come to a close with drinks in a live music bar just around the corner from our hotel.

Tomorrow we head to the coast to Candi Dasa, stopping at Kertagosa to visit the Court of Justice along the way.