| C Mathis |
06 November 2002 |
Stayed at Puri Bambu Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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Bali was a very enchanting and mystical place. The people were very warm and friendly and greeted us as if we were friends. They made us feel safe and welcomed.
During our stay, we took a one day trip to see other parts of the island. We visited Ubud were there were many arts and crafts shops. We also saw beautiful rice terraced rice fields and the Baturlake and volcano. Prior to visiting Ubud, we also experienced a Balinese Barong Dance. It was very exciting.
While in Ubud, we had lunch at a restaurant by the name of Indus. It is located on a hill with breathtaking views of a terraced rice field. It offered a reasonably price menu with a variety of American and Balinese dishes. There were also many nice restaurants in Kuta. The one that we frequented the most was Made Warung, which was recommended by the hotel staff. The menu offered a variety of good reasonbaly priced food and beverages served in large proportions. One of their specialties is prawns with sweet and sour sauce. The service was also very good.
There are also many furniture and handicraft shops within walking distance of the Puri Bambu hotel. Many are located along Jl. Bypass Ngurah Rai. All offered reasonably priced teak furniture and local Balineses handicrafts, however, I would recommend Antique Asia, and Kembar Garden Furniture.
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| K Scoble |
06 October 2002 |
Stayed at Puri Bambu Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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Bali has something for everyone, a lot of people don't go past the shopping in Kuta but there is so much to see around the island. We hired a car in Padangbai and toured the north east coast. Spectacular views of Gunung Agung, great snorkelling and diving around Amed and Tulamben and the pools of a water palace amidst beautiful rice terraces at Tirta Ganga.
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| L Gregory |
05 October 2002 |
Stayed at Mercure Resort Sanur - Bali, Indonesia.
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For any group of 4 or more, the most cost-effective way of travelling and sightseeing would be to rent an automobile with a driver speaking whatever language you understand for the entire day. It is more enjoyable than joining a group of strangers on a fixed schedule which most likely will cost considerably more and visit fewer sites. Our driver also worked as a tour guide for many years.
In essence, we had our own private English speaking tour on our own schedule for the whole day. We paid US $40 for a air-conditioned van for 10 hours carrying 5 people from Kuta to Ubud with many stops in between. That's $8 per person for a whole day compared to $20+ offered by many agencies for a half-day tours.
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| M Jurman |
04 October 2002 |
Stayed at Alila Ubud - Bali, Indonesia.
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Bali is beauiful and unique. Rafting on the Ayung river was fun with Sobek. Bud is the place to do almost all your shopping - lots of selection and good prices.
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| J Wong |
01 October 2002 |
Stayed at Ibis Malioboro Yogyakarta - Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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Very centrally located. Next to the shopping mall (and grocery store). About a 5 minute walk from the kraton (sultan's palace). We paid 353,000 Rp (about $65 canadian) for a tour to Borobudur and Dieng Plateau. A bit pricy, but well worth the driver, guide and air conditioned van. McDonald's is right next to the hotel. The hotel restaurant is pretty good too.
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| S Collins |
19 August 2002 |
Stayed at Intan Lombok Village - Lombok, Indonesia.
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Mount Rinjani climb was good fun. The north East of the Island the roads are very steep and very scary on a motor bike.
Best meal I had was at the Intan Lombok Village ( I tried several nearby restaraunts which were cheaper but not nearly as good).
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| N Mukherjee |
26 July 2002 |
Stayed at Puri Bambu Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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Jimbaran is a good place for having a nice seafood dinner but there are better locations for swimming.
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| J Bynner |
20 July 2002 |
Stayed at Griya Santrian Beach Cottages - Bali, Indonesia.
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Sanur is a perfect place for a totally relaxing Bali holiday. Laid back life style lots of things to see and do and relatively little hawking and hustling by the standards of some other places. By comparison, Katu, the resort nearest the airport and very popular with surfers and young people generally, is the complete opposite: an appalling place, polluted, traffic-congested and overcrowded - to be avoided at all costs.
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| B Pohlmann |
12 July 2002 |
Stayed at Jayakarta Lombok - Lombok, Indonesia.
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Lombok is very interesting. We made a day trip to Gili Trawangan, one of three small islands off Lombok. It was an excellent day of swimming and relaxing.
There is also a large new mall in downtown Mataram which has some excellent deals at better prices than in Bali.
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| M Clayton |
02 July 2002 |
Stayed at Puri Bambu Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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White water rafting and elephant safari trips are great fun. Nearby Kuta is good for shopping, there is a free shuttle bus from the hotel.
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Traveller's Tales: Things to do in Indonesia
