Hi everyone,

I found Ketut Galung contact through LYN as well so thanks to the original poster who had provided his contact. Had to weed out a few greedy and nonsensical drivers before confirming Galung's service two days before our trip!

As tynloo posted, see spoiler, we paid the amount as listed. Since we were in Ubud, our half day excursion was charged as a whole day because our driver had to travel to our place.

The recent trip was my third so everything was planned prior. I like the fact that Galung was honest when he revised the itinerary to suit the best driving route and rearrange the places on different days. He didn't add anything at all which is good! He speaks English so communication was a breeze via WhatsApp.

The driver we had, Gede, was fabulous - his Facebook profile: https://www.facebook.com/adi.darma.904108. At 19 he really kept us entertained throughout the trip and was very patient. Mind you it was a van full of four girls! At one point, I was short of credit and needed to top up and he made up the balance no questions asked. Such a gem this one! He refused to sit and eat with us, which is the norm from my observation, so each of us tipped him generously on the last day.

He's interested to learn English so talking in English with a bit of Malay helps. We played Taboo in the van and he really enjoyed it

Gede was also nice enough to go out of his way to find us some durian and manggis (Balinese mangosteen is soooo small but juicy!) and obliged our request for some home made chili paste (green and sambal bawang)! Galung's wife made it for us and we bought a bunch so do inquire with him if you feel that's something to your liking. It's super spicy but extremely worth it!




**IMPORTANT NOTE**
Telkomsel sim card at the airport will cost you IDR 350k. Convenience stores around Kuta is around IDR 100-200k. Gede made a pit stop somewhere and we only paid IDR 60k (6GB of mobile net and comes with the usual telco t&c). Their signal is great! Even up on Mount Batur

If anyone would like to get one on their hands and don't mind forking out postage fees feel free to PM.
And if you can, please do me a favour and pay it forward when you're back from your trip so other people can use it too.
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