Last weekend Neil and I decided to check out the Elephant Cave (Goa Gajah), a significant and very old Buddhist and Hindu site about 10 mins drive from Ubud. I had anticipated a fairly brief wander around this popular tourist landmark, but the wander turned into an amazing two hour jungle trek – in jandals no less! Entering the site we saw stacks of rocks all neatly laid out, which I learned were excavated from the ruins of a Buddhist temple dating back to the 11th century. Our tour … [Read more...]