Getting Lost While Finding An Organic Cafe

 

Our Campuhan Ridge and Sari Organik experience in Bali :)

 

We spent a total of ten days in Bali.  That's pretty long I know. And many people were surprised when I told them that we were spending several days in the island of the gods. And I could understand because usually Bali itineraries were limited to 3-4 days. 

 

I realized that holidays should not be sooo packed that you could only see the major tourist attractions.  It shouldn't involve just taking photos to be posted in facebook or instagram but lacking the real experience of what it's like to live in that place.   I believe travelling should be slow and unhurried.  Come on! What is the point of escaping from the busyness of the city if you would hardly have time to breathe during your vacation?  Holidays should allow us to slow down and and momentarily forget about time. 

 

We spent six days in Ubud, much longer than our stay in Seminyak.   We had plenty of spare time  even after we have visited the major attractions. We had so much time that we didn't mind even when we got lost in our wanderings.  If we were on a tight schedule, even the slightest delay would get me annoyed  and panicky.  But because we didn't have to worry about time, instead of fighting, we would just laugh and enjoy the sceneries we stumbled upon.  Most of the time, we just kept walking, eager to make more discoveries. 

On some occasions, we got seriously lost which was what happened when we decided to walk along the Campuhan Ridge.  We wanted to have some healthy breakfast among the rice paddies at Sari Organik. We later realized that these two places, although they were both tucked among Ubud's picturesque rice-paddies, were located in two completely different paths. 

We decided to wake up early to avoid the scorching sun.  And the many tourist that could un-knowingly photo-bomb our photos.  Our driver courtesy of Suara Air picked us as ealy as 5:30am. It was still dark when we alighted at Ibah Hotel.  We followed the instructions of where to turn and what to look for as suggested by some kind tourist who previously experienced it.  

Here is a complete guide on how to get there and what you would see along the way. 

We started as early as 6am. 
Except for another group of 3 Caucasians, it was pretty much just us.



It was Sunday and we sang hymns while walking.
It was a different kind of worship.  

It wasn't obvious that I dragged this sleepy-head out of the bead.

 

 

 

After more than half an hour, we still haven't reached Sari Organik.  We thought it was strange because the blog I checked mentioned it took only 20minutes from the main road. When we have reached the end of the ridge and we were then walking past villages and shops selling selling art pieces, we decided to check the map from the Ubud Life magazine which we always had with us. (It was given by the kind staff of the AirBNB villa we stayed at. ) After checking the map, we realized that Sari Organik wasn't located along the ridge, but was located along a different path, a totally-different one. And the only way to get there was to get out of where we were and go to the correct starting point.  

 

We had to walk for another hour before reached the main road again. We took a cab and the driver dropped us off after the Campuhan Bridge which was just few blocks away from Ibah Hotel where we started off earlier.  It took us 20 minutes to reach Sari Organik just like what the online guides said.  So what was so special about Sari Organik that we took great lengths just to eat at that café?

 

  

Sari Organik as its name implies is an organic café set among the rice paddies of Campuhan.  It is one of the ultimate places to get organic food in Bali.   They have their very own farm where they take most of the food they serve.  In fact, customers have the option to go and pick their raw food from the garden and then the staff will cook it for you.   Hungry and tired, we opted to just let the staff do the picking.

 

 

 

 

Some juice made of Kale and other leafy-veggies.

 

The veggies used for this omellete were not shipped from somewhere else
 but were picked from their very own organic garden.

I've never eaten spinach for breakfast :)

So we had our breakfast.  And for about more than an hour, we did nothing.  Except maybe a few things.  We stared at the rice fields, counted the dragon-flies we saw. Flipped through the pages of Ubud Life magazine again. Observed a French family and admired how the dad read stories to his children and wife. Whoah! So some fathers still do that?

 

Once we realized that we've spent to much time "doing nothing" we paid our bill and resumed with our aimless walking. 

 

We walked through what seemed like an endless path of rice paddies.  Aside from the locals greeting us "Selamat Pagi" which meant "Good Morning",  we were greeted by ducks, yes ducks! Plenty of them!   I've never sees ducks in Singapore except those cooked ones hanging in the kopitiams!  And I couldn't really remember when was the last time I saw real, live ducks in the Philippines as well.

 

Sometimes I envy God because he is not bound and couldn't care less about time. If you had all the time in the world, what would you love to do? Share in the comments section.