The rest of our time in Ubud

Since this book Eat Pray Love has come out, I think that this town has seen a rush of single women tourists. Romi and I didn't notice it until about the third day here, but all of a sudden, we like Elizabeth Gilbert a lot less and think that some of the people here are super flaky. Did you really come to this town because you want to find the same experience that she had? Her experience was about the journey, and she found a connection with this place. Just because people follow her to this place, doesn't mean they'll have the same connection or experience. Come on people!

We spent the rest of our time here doing yoga, hanging out by the pool at a nearby hotel, and riding scooters to the volcano north of Ubud. One yoga class I went to, I had the most surreal experience. The only other time I have had this feeling is when I have laid in bed after a night of drinking, and the room starts to spin when I close my eyes, and then I have thrown up. But I felt that same "room spinning feeling" from doing yoga and meditating. It was amazing. Is that what they call flow or nirvana? It was achieved by a lot of deep breathing and holding deep stretches, obviously. But I was so into it. The instructor for the class was named Uma and is from North Africa originally (I can't remember the country) and has lived here for 20 years. She is part Indian, beautiful, is probably in her mid 40s but looks 25. She was an excellent yoga teacher, very encouraging and inspiring. Romi said that she never really loved yoga, but Uma was so encouraging that it made her want to practice regularly. We were blown away, and I think Romi had a big girl-crush on Uma. Basically I could spend the rest of my days learning and studying yoga with Uma in Ubud.

We spent lots of time at a local restaurant that served delicious local organic food. We observed the weird women tourists that were trying to be Elizabeth Gilbert. Romi and I talked a lot about life and what it was going to be like going back to Canada. We're both super excited to go home.

Congratulations to Matt and Naomi who are engaged!