| B Dent |
10 September 2001 |
Stayed at Poppies Bali - Kuta, Indonesia.
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Visited Pemuteran for diving, Tulamben diving, Ubud for food.
Hire car from Poppies , very good rate and reasonable vehicle.
Best restaurants Ary's Warong in Ubud, TJ's in Kuta and Chi Chi's in Lovina Beach.
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| J Muntinga |
06 September 2001 |
Stayed at Hyatt Regency Yogyakarta - Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
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Can provide airport pick-up and car rental or taxi services to tourist sides, e.g. Burabudur, Brampanan, Kaliurang and city center for which you can make reservations at the taxi stand in front of the hotel.
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| S Hogan |
31 August 2001 |
Stayed at Dusit Mangga Dua - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Booked transport with the hotel is reliable and safer.
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| E Chan |
15 August 2001 |
Stayed at Poppies Bali - Kuta, Indonesia.
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The food was very cheap along Poppies Lane, watch out for "Tree Top Cafe" the meals there are really cheap and offer wonderful value! A meal for 2 persons plus beer is no more than US $5!!
BTW motorcycle rental is at about US$12 for two days plus insurance.
Also make sure you bargain 80% off ANYTHING that you buy and stay at the bargain price, move up slowly and it's best that you walk away. Come back later because they'll often yell the "best price".
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| P Welch |
13 August 2001 |
Stayed at Tugu Bali Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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The western coast of Bali is enough off-the-beaten track in Bali to offer good beaches (albeit a rough surf at times if you're an ocean swimmer) and interesting local walks. Definitely visit Ubud (but be prepared for both vehicular and pedestrian traffic james) and Mas, famous for its woodcarvers and other craftmakers. Hire a hotel car and turn the driving over to a hotel driver so you can enjoy the sites and simply call out "stop!" when something interesting appears. They're great local guides and can be of real assistance in toting your wares back to the hotel. All hotels will pack your purchases for you for loading onboard.
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| C Wong |
12 August 2001 |
Stayed at Diwangkara Beach Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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Diwangkara hotel is at one end of Sanur Beach. Just behind the hotel, there's little stores that sell clothes and sunglasses. A few mini resturant that serve italian and seafood. Just walk out to the main road, you will be able to catch "bimo", to get to anywhere (a small local "blue" bus to hop into) but make sure you negotiate with the driver before you actually hop on it. Taxi is the same. Make sure you have small change before you take a transport. The drivers will ignore you when you don't give them the excact amount. Most of them won't give you back any change.
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| R Hagihara |
09 August 2001 |
Stayed at Legian Beach Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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We enjoyed shopping along Jl. Raya Seminyak whole afternoon. We took a taxi from the hotel to the north end of Jl. Raya Seminyak then walked to the south. There are too many attractive shops on both sides and it's not very easy to cross the street, because the traffic is very busy. Aslo, the street is incredibly dusty in this season and the air is terribly polluted by the exhaust gas. We got so dirty and had soar throat. So don't try to spend too much time on shopping along this street at one time.
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| W Bowring |
06 August 2001 |
Stayed at Puri Dalem Hotel (BSB) - Bali, Indonesia.
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I hired a car after PAYING for a local 30day bali licenses (1for a car and 1for a motor cycle..300.000rp for both)... The car was delivered without petrol..another 50,000rp fro a tank of fuel.
I met up with friends and went to Dempasar markets and from there negotiated with a losal driver to take up back to the hotel and in the conversation arranged to hire him for 4hours to drive to Ubud and places for 160,000rp
The Young Artist shop in Ubud ( a bit of an apprentice workshop centre),is the best for paintings of all sorts and supporst the local artist directly.
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| L Shen |
03 August 2001 |
Stayed at Ramada Resort, Benoa - Bali, Indonesia.
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Do not rent your own car. Hire a car and a driver to take you around - to Ubud, to temples, Gunung Batur, etc.
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| D Johnson |
05 July 2001 |
Stayed at Diwangkara Beach Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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Tanah Lot is a MUST. Don't just get the sunset at the beach and temple, head out of the town for about half a mile and look back towards the sea; the water in the padi looks as if it is on fire!!
We hired a Suzuki Jimmny which was great for the local roads and plenty of room for two people (+shopping!). Once you get off the main roads the signing is woefully lacking and there are no such things as road numbers. A road map is a must, but is only partially helpfull. If you are from the northern hemisphere don't forget that in the summer the sun goes from the east through NE to N at noon and through NW to west at sunset - took me a couple of days to get used to it.
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Traveller's Tales: Getting around in Indonesia
