I'm going in October as well.

Booked Ramayana for 2 nights, then going over to Ubud.

Been to Ramayana? Can share what influences you to go for Ramayana ahead of others?

Thanks for your info

nope. no such thing happened. I think they would like to spend their breath talking to mat sallehs rather than msian

Good lah..I hope to have positive experience for a change.

I have been to Indonesia twice - both times to Medan and both times I experienced this at the airport immigration! Left a very bad taste.

So here's to a much better experience with Bali!

oh ic. maybe Medan you will find more malaysians there. As alot of businessman go there open factory/business.

But in Bali definitely mat sallehs especially Australians

I stayed in Ramayana during my first night. Nothing special for the room, but the environment in the hotel is good.
Bali style decoration, lotsa trees/flowers and it's near to the Kuta beach (around 5 minutes walk).
I have some Ramayana's photos here in my blogpost.

Bali is better.. haha..

P/S: Remember to keep some cash when u going back. Need to pay airport tax..

True that.
I forgotten about the airport tax. Ended up paying USD18 which is more than 150,000 rupiah

Will do : 150K rp per person right?

Thanks for the reminder!

will be going Bali end of next month for 4D3N. staying at fave hotel kuta and then moving to Rama Beach villa (free upgrade from deluxe room)

among the things to do/see/eat there are

dirty duck
babi guling
nuri's
flapjacks
uluwatu
tanah lot
sukawati
GWK
ubud area <-- not really sure about this area

lol the only area that you not really sure is actually the place i love the most lol~

GWK is seriously rip off dont even worth my time going. Its expensive and nth much to see.

so GWK is not worth going

not that sure about ubud.. my trip to bali is to experience the culture, take in some views and eat the food. been hearing lots of good comments about the food

so what would you recommend to do in Ubud? I'll probably have the whole saturday there.

I skipped GWK as well. lol

Ubud? it's between Kuta & Kintamani so u probably can stay at ubud before going to kintamani

probably not gonna go Kintamani this trip. i think my itinerary in Ubud is only to stuff my face

Depends what u wanna do. Ubud is just a chillax place. Just eat sleep and relax.

The food I think u already well aware. Prolly a stroll along jalan monkey forest for shops and stuff. A visit to the ubud palace and market.

Prolly a day or two will be sufficient there. If u know how to ride a bike, prolly you can go around the paddy fields and sight seeing around.

Pizza bagus is a must try, Babi guling as well. Same goes to nuri ribs. But dirty duck is meh, overrated and expensive.

Why u gonna skip kintamani? Meaning u gonna skip lake brutan as well? IMO it's really chilling and nice scenery.

IC, I am not really cultural kind of tourist. I skipped most temples and cultural dance. Some places I even only spend 30mins like tanah lot and uluwAtu. Just to take pic and have a sight of the sunset.

try bakso and any random nasi padang or nasi campur.

i don't think we'll have problems about places to visit/things to eat as we'll be having a local friend bring us around

Kintamani is still a KIV for now.

Went for the Kecap/Fire Dance in Uluwatu.
Its facing the sunset position so we can actually enjoy the sunset before the show.
Show start around 6.30pm and cost 70,000 IDR per person.

Its so damn crowded until ppl need to sit on the floor around 6 feet away for the fire torch. So better be early if peak season.
Dont sit too near the fire, I think some audience got burnt a little.

The fire dance is nice, enjoyed it, just that it was too crowded.

I found that quality of babi guling is dropping. I tried 3 times, the last time I went, it was not as good as it used to be...