In Reply to: what to do 1st while in ubud posted by balifan on Sunday, 25. February 2007 at 14:24 Bali Time:
Walk thru the Monkey Forest.
Lots of lovely restaurants, Indus (hmm, although I have read some negative posts recently) Casa Luna, Dirty Duck, Cafe Wayan.
Take time out for a couple of hours of treatments at one of the spa centres, maybe Zen Centre.
Lots of art galleries if you want to buy a special piece to take home.
If you are a Babi Guling fan and are happy to eat at one star or two star standard, Ibu Oka is beside the Royal Palace, 12 noon each day.
You can go for a drive up to Tegalalang, Tellaganalay, Teggalangalang, oh I never get it right, its on the way to Kintamani and the shops sell 'different' stuff and very interesting. You can also get some glorious views of terraced rice paddies.
Ubud is also nice to just chill out. Much slower pace and no hawkers.