Summer redux: Snaps from Ubud

We moved from the early morning muezzin calls and pre-Ramadan celebrations on the island of Java to Bali,  where daily rituals are steeped in Hindu culture. A few reasons why I loved Ubud:

• Hindu culture and art in the daily offerings, which can be found lining the sidewalks
• Frangipani flowers everywhere - dotted on the sidewalks, on the bed linens, everywhere!
• Morning cups of tea with a view of the rice paddies and the family shrines below
• Soursop and cinnamon jam on crepes (so good)
• The Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary (more on that later) and runaway monkeys

And most importantly, Ethan proposed while we were in Ubud, with a ring his late grandfather gave to his grandmother!  I was all tears.