Hi guys, any idea where would be an ideal place to stay that's convenient to most places to visit? Any good and cheap hotel recommendation? Planning a 5D/4N holiday there sometime soon.

Preferably not in the heart of Kuta... dowan noisy atmosphere. Is ubud a good location to stay (in the maps it seems abit far off from alot of the attractions down south)? Or should i search somewhere in sanur instead?

hey thanks... i booked a place at sanur. now just looking for a good driver and price

I booked driver (Agus) from Pak Lukman for 5 days for 900k rp. Very good deal.
Btw Lukman and Agus are under the same company. They have 15 drivers.

maybe he wants to earn extra pocket money... hahaha.. thts why before i confirmed, i asked lukman if agus and him and the same company

actually i sms both lukman and agus. agus give me 350k per day, lukman give 300k per day but promotion price 900k for all 5 days including airport transfer.
Then i discovered actually lukman is the sales guy and agus is the driver and they are all under the same company.
This is the email: dwi_transport@indo.net.id

hey guys, if i'm staying in sanur... issit worth going all the way up to Lovina for dolphin watching? I heard its pretty pricey...

Got a question - are shoes necessary in Bali?
As in are there any temples or places which require ppl to wear shoes?

If not i think i want to wear sandals everyday...

Means if bring own sarong then no need to rent/buy from them? Any idea which temple/place requires sarong?
I thought in uluwatu it's free (or rather included in the entrance fee)?

Not wear everyday and all the time mah...hahaha.. can put in bagpack and only wear when visiting those temples.

I just came back from Bali 2 days ago and it was great!

Some stuff to clarify about Agus and Lukman. According to Agus, they're not a company, but just normal friends helping each other in the tour guide business. Lukman finds the business (marketing/sales) and Agus is the driver (and there are other drivers linked to Lukman as well). He said Lukman does not know the logistics and will simply quote prices and itineraries which are not convenient for the drivers.

He said 900k (which was given by Lukman for 5D/4N) is not enough and apologized but still refused to bring us around to far places on the 5th day. For him to drive us to far places he quoted an extra 300k but we didnt take the offer but asked him to bring us shopping around kuta instead which he agreed. So its still a good deal considering the peak season price for one day is about 350k.

Overall i think he's a very good driver and tour guide but u definitely wont be able to shortchange or con him. He's a smart guy and can speak English pretty fluently.

This is Agus and his Suzuki APV:


P/s: if you are the type of person to get carsick easily.... pls prepare some motion sickness pills or something as he drives quite ganas and sometimes takes shortcuts in small narrow lanes (the roads are quite bad) to avoid traffic.

This post has been edited by shadowcaster: Aug 13 2009, 02:46 PM

I stayed in Mentari Sanur (Opposite Inna Grand Bali). Every night at about 10.55pm there will be a blackout for about 5 seconds. Not sure if this is normal across Bali or what.... seems pretty weird.

If you want to go to most of the places in Bali, then 4 days is not enough... especially if your mum wants to do alot of shopping. 5 days should be good as one full day can be used for shopping around Sukawati or Ubud market. If you like to go around everywhere and save on the travelling time, then u should book directly for different hotels in different locations.

@ sugarbaby:
food prices depends on where you eat and what kind of food. On average it would be between RM5 - RM10 per meal. Basically it's more or less the same as food prices in the klang valley.