| A Yngve |
06 March 2001 |
Stayed at La Taverna Bali Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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We also found tours, boat trips etc quite overprized on Bali. You have to bargain on everything, even post cards. I would not come back to Bali for the beaches or the food, but for the beautiful architecture, the culture and the nature.
We stayed two nights at Ubud that we recommend.
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| J Edirisinghe |
25 February 2001 |
Stayed at Ibis Kemayoran - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Visited so many interested places. Visited to see a batik factory also.
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| A Schirripa |
15 February 2001 |
Stayed at Ibis Mangga Dua Hotel & Apartment - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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great shopping at mangga dua,
good restaurants at ancol.
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| P Foyston |
30 January 2001 |
Stayed at Senggigi Beach Hotel - Lombok, Indonesia.
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The resort was so lovely, we barely left it. I did tour into Sekarbela to look at pearls, but was disappointed in their low quality, high prices and poor metal craftsmenship. Would give this a miss. Blue taxis are cheap, easy and safe to use.
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| S Taubert |
27 January 2001 |
Stayed at Garden Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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not much to see in Surabaya, beside typical asia-styled shopping-malls
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| D Oetting |
21 January 2001 |
Stayed at Poppies Bali - Kuta, Indonesia.
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The Maharani Department Store is wonderful and only a short distance away. Good place to buy food and snacks and to give you a starting figure for souveniers. Look for transport outside of the hotel.
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| W Maxner |
01 January 2001 |
Stayed at Sunari Villas & Spa Resort - Bali, Indonesia.
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Bali is truly beautiful, and even more if you exit the Kuta area. I suggest double checking the tally of all bills and change you receive. In less than 24 hours in Kuta we encountered no less than 5 blatant attempts to rip us off.
Also, once you have been there for a while you may find that paying 1/3 or less of the asking price for things is not out of the question.
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| A Pearce |
26 December 2000 |
Stayed at Holiday Inn Resort Lombok - Lombok, Indonesia.
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There is little tourism (ie it is not commercialised - yet) & therefor little to do, but that was the appeal for us.
The 1/2 day 'city' tour (US$22 pp) of a temple, palace, market & the inevitable visit to a 'typical' village which just so happened to have a basket seller, was not good value. Seeing the countryside with the fruit trees, nuts etc made up for it.
Other trips to basket makers & weavers are also available, as is a 3 day trip to the mountain.
A trip to the Gili islands made a pleasant day out but the reef is in poor condition.
Mountain bikes were available & appeared to be in reasonable condition.
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| D Kilham |
24 December 2000 |
Stayed at Ibis Arcadia Hotel - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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The location of the hotel is close to some restaurants and other shops if you want to get out (we were only staying between flights). Jakarta is possibly not most people's place for any sort of visit for a holiday.
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| P Miller |
05 November 2000 |
Stayed at Le Meridien Jakarta - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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We arrived at 6:00 pm and the traffic was very congested. It took us over an hour to get to the hotel from the airport. We ate at the Lebanese restaurant and the food was great. We took a shopping tour to Block M which took us about 10 minutes to get there. A great shopping area.
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