Airbnb Bali, Indonesia: our very luxurious villa

We may have had our tiniest Airbnb ever a few weeks ago in Hong Kong, but during our 6-month backpacking trip we also had our most beautiful Airbnb to-date in Bali, Indonesia.

Way back in early December we decided to stray a bit from our backpacker budget and splurge on a 6 day honeymoon escape. We wanted a place we could lounge around all day, swim, layout, and repeat.

However, the hardest part of the entire experience was choosing our Balinese Airbnb. There were tons to choose from. And finally we found it: Villa Ruku Ruku.

Villa Ruku Ruku was beyond beautiful and the perfect honeymoon retreat. The villa had two master bedrooms and bathrooms, a private pool, open kitchen, a maid that visited the house each morning and a view over the rice fields.

Benjamin met us at the villa, mixed up some fresh watermelon juice and gave us the keys to our place. At the same time I was able to arrange a masseuse to visit the house later in the week for an onsite massage ;). And we arranged a private van driver to give us a 10-hour tour of Ubud in central Bali. The fact that it rained a couple days during our time in Bali was fine by us too...tropical rain meant it was still hot enough to swim. It also didn't hurt that everywhere in Seminyak delivers so we had dinner at the villa each night.

There are SO MANY beautiful Airbnb's in Bali and Villa Ruku Ruku did not disappoint...happy hunting :).

*In case you missed it: Airbnb in Hong Kong*

{Warm rain!}

Lush and Green Ubud, Bali

We hope you are all enjoying the holiday season! It's a bit weird to be in a tropical place and away from our families this year...it doesn't quite feel like Christmas without a bunch of tipsy family members and green bean casserole in my opinion ;). On the other hand, we are enjoying spending our first official Christmas as husband and wife laying out in the sun, swimming in the sea and zipping through the Thai jungle by motorbike.

A few weeks ago we had our 'honeymoon week' in Bali (cliche right? But the villas are soooo affordable and beautiful!) and Christian booked us a cheap, amazing Balinese villa. For this week, we enjoyed not being backpackers.

More on the villa later. Ubud, the cultural capital of Bali, is almost always every visitor's highlight on the island. It was our highlight, too! Lush jungle, hidden temples, rice fields with rainbows of green, coffee plantations and monkeys. Ooooh the monkeys, I can't wait to share that story. 

We were lucky enough to snag a cab driver/tour guide for a full 10-hour day exploring the areas around Ubud--all for only about $50! 

I'll let the pictures do the talking this time...

{Delicious Nasi Campur dish at Cafe Wayan in Ubud--best food we had all week! Besides Taco Beach Grille in Seminyak...I'm a sucker for carne asada and it was so good)