guest comment about Ubud

"Today the entire world is a museum available to those who have the desire to see. In this museum, Bali is one of the most impressive collections and and while I have seen relatively little of Bali, I am convinced that ubud is the priciple gem of the entire collection. Ubud contains not only the precious mementoes of Bali's glorious past but also the living representations of its impressive present and hopeful future. Some wayworry about the change that moderm energy and drive will bring to Bali, but I do not. The creative urge of the Balinese, the natural instinct for beauty and contentment, will prevail."  17 September, 1959, C. McVicker, of Jakarta; in Puri Saren Ubud Guestbook.  

Source:  Garuda Indonesia article cited in Rucina Ballinger, 2005. The Historical Ubud. Indonesia.