Ubud, a city-village in the middle of Bali, exerts an intense attraction: many people who were only planning to visit briefly end up coming back again and again, and some of them eventually move here to live. Ubud has a certain enchantment that makes people fall in love with it. This charm is examined extensively in the book Ubud: The Spirit of Bali. Various aspects of life in Ubud are described, both broadly and in depth: its history, arts and culture, religious life, and business ...