ugh..Bali.. loved it but got 'slaughtered'. the only thing that made it worth while was i went dolphin chasing for RM30 in Lovina. but the travelling part is rather expensive. normally they'll tell u it's because the price of the petrol raised and they ask for more becoz of the recent bomb incidents and they bring out their kids and babies to say that they need milk money and etc. do what you can to avoid and last price means last price, no more tips and sympathy donations.
never post anything there. i bought 2 postcards to be sent to canada and it costs me RM10 for the stamps. and in the end, it didnt even reach. i also got ripped off when i went to a hot spring and was LITERALLY forced to buy those 'sarongs' and when i paid RP50000 they didnt even return the change and gave me an extra lousy crappy butt ugly sarong.
as for diving, my dive costs USD 50 for the one in Nusa Dua. Pretty good dive i say but super expensive. it's better for u to just go there and speak in Bahasa Malaysia to them and they'll calculate in rupiah instead of USD. tulamben wreck dive is a must.
and hence that's the story of me being slaughtered/ripped/ cutthroat in Bali.