Cashew milk spirulina raw chocolate mint smoothie for breakfast at Clear Café, raw tex mex food for lunch at Earth, and lovely vegan candlenut coconut curry for dinner at Yellow Flower Café. Beer is not my cup of tea, the local wine tastes terrible, and most of the Indonesian fare is vegan. Ubud is probably the easiest place in the world to subconsciously slip into a healthy eating lifestyle.

Nothing better than lazy afternoons in café Atman sipping peppermint tea or a chocolate date almond milk shake, surrounded by pillows, people wired into the world on their MacBooks. And nothing worse than jamu health tonic at Clear Café. But they say it is good for you… and it colors your tongue and lips bright yellow. I drank it all. I hope the gods are happy with me.

(Ubud, Bali, Indonesia; August 2015)