blue bird cab, teh botol, babi guling..
get a prepaid sim, don use roaming,
dont get conned?

and... dont ever everrrrrr............. feed the monkeys!!!

This post has been edited by jojo_g2: Dec 1 2008, 04:31 PM

mm neah, ntg much

1. grab a driver, accommodation and just enjoy the trip
2. if u happened to go into besakih..nego kau kau..say ur from Malaysia, speak what ever BM, sama sama bantu, give whatever crap, bantu indonesia bila tsunami melanda..etc

Else, they will suck ur money dry kau kau.

3. try those local dishes, babi kecap etc
4. enjoy ur trip

Don't plan to use roaming also, plan to really have a good holiday off. Want to relax.
What is teh botol?

We planned to skip the 'feed the monkeys' already.

Btw, we would like to go to the temple to see the sunrise, appropriate time to go and where is the place? Any further advise?

Besakih, noted!

Usually if nego, nego how much? For me I nego, I usually ask for discount of 90%, possible for them to make it that low? Later they whack kau me

This is Teh Botol..Actually I dun really like it. weird taste...



BTW, those famous temples are located in the west, so it suppose to be sunset not sunrise BTW, sunset pretty early in Bali ~5:45pm -6PM.
If I'm not mistaken, those crazy illegal temple toll guy will ask for USD30/pax & up to u to negotiate downward!..They will even show u the log book that Japanese & european paying about USD30/pax! ...I ask for ~RM20 but they disagree, so once I walk off, they re-negotiate and agreed... Still feel the RM20 is so expensive visiting temple!!

hav to nego kau kau...we went 6 in a group, they asked for USD5 each, then nego..talk talk, saliva splurting in and out..and in the end ..i think paid like RP 60K for all of us

This post has been edited by kucingfight: Dec 2 2008, 12:11 AM

taste like Teh-O mar...not bad actually. talking about temple in the west, i think those monkeys in uluwatu are train to steal stuff from tourist.

Oh, sunset... I thought sunrise, my gf said she wanna see sunrise and I thought I also need to wake up early during my holidays

Thanks stimix, will try that drink....

Anything more? I will be staying at hard rock hotel

Sorry, you guys nego on what?

Actually for me RP 60K is quite okay for me if 6 of us... Coz it is roughly s$7.8 only，per person is only s$1.3 = rm3.1

What about cab?

That's why we planned to skip the monkey visit. As though in Malaysia do not have monkey



Tomorrow is my flight!!! Damn no mood to work....

This post has been edited by Joshua_0718: Dec 2 2008, 10:50 AM

Yeah it taste like Teh o.. and yes, the monkeys are trained. You'll see some guy coming whenever one of the monkeys grab something from tourist. He'll be the one to get your things back from the monkeys and in return for some $$.
But it doesnt always work out for them I think, I saw one of the tourist's DCam got thrown down the cliff by one of the monkeys....

This post has been edited by jojo_g2: Dec 2 2008, 11:07 AM

heard that monkeys there are trained to steal your belongings ... is it true ?

Sunrise? I think you could only actually see sunset over there. Uluwatu(monkeys) or Tanah lot. And it does get dark quite early over there.

Talking about dark, it is really dark? I mean no lights over there?

what I meant was that, sunrise comes early and dark/night comes early as well. Here in bolehland, the sky only gets dark sometime around 7? or 8?. Over in Bali, it gets dark earlier, mayb 6?

what kind of dark were you thinking of?

I mean dark as in no lights on the road. I wonder why my friends ask me to bring torchlight. As usual, I just bring a small torch in my backpack everywhere I go

Kucingfight got quoted cheap liow & yet he keeps on negotiating ...BTW I was quoted ~USD30/pax!! & hv to renegotiate to ~RM20 for 3!! Not sure how Kucingfight jampi those touts!!

Taking cab is OK if distace is short but not adviseable if u intend taking cabs far away...In Bali either u rent your own car (~RM45-RM70/day) or rent car+driver (~RM70-RM120/day)

If u mean skipping monkey visit in Ubud..yes I support but if u mean u wanted skipping Uluwatu..boy..u miss something.....

Do advise on my tour guide plan. We might skipped on the 3rd day. Any better advice? My friend plan to bring us go to Four Season Restaurant, advice again pls.

stimix, your info is very informative, would appreciate if I could have more, SERIOUSLY! I wrote it down 1 by 1 into my note.

This post has been edited by Joshua_0718: Dec 2 2008, 11:36 AM

LOL, give them no chance la. Raise your voice, keep on insisting we are neighbours, make them feel bad, & tell them stories that we've helped them so much when their country was in trouble,so 6 of us was like bombarding the touters, till they themselves started feeling embarrassed and laughed at themselves. talk n talk till got 15mins i think..well worth it..at least RP 10k is more reasonable.

Oh yeah Joshua, remember, the tour guide in besakih, after bringing u around, he'll be 'demanding' for tips in the end of the day.

And if ur the shopping type for local handicrafts, do drop by Sukawati. Prices are one of the lowest there, and quite alot of stuffs to look and buy. Even their 'cheapest' batik is much more superior than our Bolehland quality. Prices for a reasonably good quality batik is around 28K-30K per packet. Bought 6 for my mom..and she was literally jaw dropped by the quality n price

remember to buy some kacang disco too

This post has been edited by kucingfight: Dec 2 2008, 11:43 AM

My tour does not include besakih if I not mistaken.

Shit lar, this is my 1st time last minute homework....

Last time go holidays, I got bunch of notes... Just simply pick 1 up and push off to that destination.... Maybe due to last time is my college time, lots of time to do homework... Working life busy and sux big time, no time to do homework also

yep, to me, Uluwatu is a must compared to kintamani, the drive up to kintamani is just too long.

Havent been to besakih though, plan to go for a look see in my coming trip. Is the guide over there really as bad as everyone says so? a lot of people commented on how much the guide's in besakih wanna CEKIK money from us..

This post has been edited by jojo_g2: Dec 2 2008, 11:47 AM

How long???

HOw' ur tour like? Self DIY and book a driver? or follow a proper tour group kind of thing?
I personally find it more fun/flexible to book a driver and get him to drive us around

ur on 4D3N rite? probably, that's a bit short, can't cover that much places, and yet alone, ur departing/arriving time takes the precious days off.
Mine was, 6D/5N last time, i think a FULL 5N/4D (excluding arrival/departure day) is just nice to cover the major places in the island, + enof shopping time.

yeah, well, guess many of us wont be visiting the same places again, better make it worth while to cover all the places.

mmm i'm not good in recalling the past, i think around 3-4hours per way if i'm not mistaken

This post has been edited by kucingfight: Dec 2 2008, 11:51 AM