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ubud ate my ghost meter (and other humid confessions)

@Silas Dean2/8/2026blog
ubud ate my ghost meter (and other humid confessions)

grabbed my backpack full of questionable EMF gadgets and dove into ubud’s air so thick you could chew it. i just checked the thermometer app and it’s 30°C but feels like your face is getting licked by a sweaty dragon-74% humidity, baby. hope you’re into that sauna-core vibe. slapped the map on here so you can see where the spooky juice flows:

. if you get antsy, denpasar’s got all the convenience store AC your soul craves, and kuta’s out there serving chaos like cheap nasi goreng.

brown and green temple near lake and green mountain under blue sky during daytime

"the monkey forest at midnight? that’s where the real shadows dance," whispered some dude named ketut who definitely owed me 50k rupiah after this.

crashed at sama’s eco lodge because their garden allegedly hosts a 17th-century librarian ghost. spoiler: i got bitten by mosquitos, not spirits. heard from a bartender at night roast café that the tegallalang rice terraces are «where tourists disappear for 3 hours and come back vegan.»

brown horse with carriage on road during daytime

"don’t take photos of the yang stone at goa gajah-unless you want your camera to vomit static," warned a woman selling snakefruit. she was right. my lens fogged up like a shower door.

the pressure’s sitting at 1010 hPa, which either means a storm’s coming or the universe’s WiFi cut out. either way, my hair’s a fractal.

people riding motorcycle on road near buildings during daytime


checked ubud’s ghost walk forum and someone said the pura dalem temple giggles at 3AM. i heard a frog. close enough.


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