This is the drive I could do with my eyes closed, though I keep them open for you. Rice terraces before the tour buses wake up, the holy spring where my family prays, and the monkey forest, sunglasses safely in your bag.
Come before 9am and it is just you, the farmers and ten thousand shades of green. There is a good coffee place at the top. I will show you which one.
The holy spring where Balinese families, mine included, come to be purified. You can join the melukat ritual. I will lend you a sarong and show you how it is done.
Seven hundred macaques with zero respect for your belongings, living among ancient temples and giant banyans. Sunglasses in the bag, phone in your pocket. Trust me.