get a villa instead for soo many people, much more worth it.
try airbnb.com and narrow it down to bali.

Try this http://www.tripadvisor.com.my/Hotel_Review...-Ubud_Bali.html

a little bit away from ubud main town. But, free transfer anytime and pick up. Big space, breakfast all you can order, delivered to your villa up to 12pm i think. Very worth. Downside is, bedsheets and linens are all a little bit old. Maybe they've upgraded? stay more than 2 nights and they give free airport transfer 2 way i think.

not sure about the airbnb one, but for those of us who stayed at nefatari before, it really is a special place. Wonder if I'll ever end up there again. Really loved the whole villa and pool for ourselves on that trip. Here's a more recent blog review of the place

Too bad my next trip there, march. Will not be overnighting in ubub. Will stay in one of the airbnb villa in seminyak though, and lembongan as well.

hehe.. 2nd that!

You've been on the penida tour? Mind sharing the cost? Can be done within the day?

This post has been edited by jojo_g2: Nov 8 2017, 09:06 AM

https://www.todayonline.com/world/bali-volc...lert-not-raised

Heading there this coming saturday.

Don't bother with the nonsense crap news website. Only important on the ground link you need to follow is

Twitter:
@id_magma Check out MAGMA Indonesia (@id_magma): https://twitter.com/id_magma?s=09
Info gunung api indo govt official up to date.

Dr. Janine Krippner
Check out Dr Janine Krippner (@janinekrippner): https://twitter.com/janinekrippner?s=09
Very uptodate actual person who knows all about the volcano

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDD65300.shtml
Ash wind drifting position. (if its over denpasar airport, no flying)

The ins and out of all flights denpasar.
https://www.baliairport.com/flight-status-a...als-departures/

Dude who's in charge (very uptodate but in bahasa)
Check out Sutopo Purwo Nugroho (@Sutopo_BNPB): https://twitter.com/Sutopo_BNPB?s=09

This post has been edited by jojo_g2: Dec 1 2017, 09:32 PM

Bro, trust me. Take it from someone who is there for the entire duration. I should be back on malaysian soil now.
While we were there the last couple of days, these are the few link and site that is "real". Tv3 and even local news all shows something that happened 48hours ago. Lava and smoke that wasnt there anymore.
On the ground, seminyak/canggu(stayed here 6 days) and kuta, everyone just selamba aje... Relek je. Tourist still banyak giler and act like pricks. Specially the aussies and mainland china peeps.
But it did rained the whole time. Which kinda sucks.

This post has been edited by jojo_g2: Dec 2 2017, 10:08 AM

Better to do that, rather than spend all your time checking twitter feed, wind direction, airport flight schedule. Lol. Not fun.

This post has been edited by jojo_g2: Dec 2 2017, 10:11 AM

https://twitter.com/AirAsia/status/936716270237396992

Says there you can change date or destination but pay the diff fare. Within a certain time and travel date.

Experience of real people living near the mountain..
https://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2017/...qFFHH8.facebook


Then, there's sheer madness from some...
http://www.enanyang.my/news/20171202/无�...��脚拍婚照/

Yup. Arrived 25th. And the next day, erupted.
On the ground, like i said. Selamba aje.. Nobody look like they were scared shitless & all. Life goes on over there. Pity the balinese though, biz quite less they said.
For us personally the fear of the eruption is not there. But the fear of not able to get out on your departure date is there. We were terrified of the hassle if it did came to that. Even considered buying the gilimanuk-surabaya way out earlier. Lots of people actually did that and suffered for it cuz its a hellish 18-24hr journey.
Lucky for us we just sat and waited till 2nd dec(our flight out). By the 30th, the airport reopens and everything seems to be okay after that.
But yea, this is my 6th or 7th time in bali as well. This trip is the worst among them all due to dread of the hassle we might face if we had to find alternate route out. Also, we were supposed to head to nusa penida and the southen tip of the island but had to cancel due to gloomy and rain weather the whole week we were there. In all my trips there it never rained that much.. Sien trip. Shouldve went to bangkok instead. Pad thai calling.

Dude, thats why i gave you all the "real" links. No offense to you but, the "so called" news are all mostly over dramatized crap. Even went as far as showing vid of mt sinabung as mt agung.
Take a look at the realtime web came here and see where the so called ash is?
https://youtu.be/islcMmfHHqE

https://youtu.be/yyxYdjOgAKg

On the worst days of the eruption, i think it was 27th nov - 29th. We were always worried, but a trip out for meals in our scooter on sunset road and seminyak strip, we can always see families of ang moh kau's with kids and toddlers walking around looking for meals too without a care. Not wearing any facial masks too. Even met a family of malaysians looking for satay's. They all looked okay aje.
One of the reason why we stayed and waited it out. Seeing how they don have the worry.

This post has been edited by jojo_g2: Dec 4 2017, 08:03 AM

Not really daring la. But from what we heard, the trip to surabaya is terrible and also, from twitter advisory there is a tropical cyclone hitting that route in java. Turns out it did as well, and if we've taken that route, we'd be going through flooded areas. Depending on how you see it lor, for us I guess kinda lucky lor.. Clear skies when we flew out. Actually kinda of frustrated too, as when we were at the airport to fly out? That's the only day we were able to actually see clear blue sea's and surfs. The whole reason of going to bali on this friggin trip. Dammit!!
Also, fyi. The flight out wasn't even full. Half only. DPS airport was operating normal and not really packed. Which makes me wonder too about the supposed news of mass exodus from the island.

Supirs and tour people making a killing out of this. Was quoted 3-4mil a car(4 pax) to bring us from bali to surabaya.

Check my last few post. Follow the few essential twitter links. Can up to date on the situation. And the live youtube link on mt agung as well to see the condition.

Yup, truth is it's still rumbling on. Red lava can be seen reflecting on the smoke/ash/steam coming out from the top at nights if the skies are clear.
Just to be clear, IT IS SAFE to visit bali right now as the southern tip of the tourist area, like kuta/seminyak/canggu/uluwatu/nusadua/sanur are all very clear of the volcanic area(about 50 - 80km away) .

The MAIN problem is the risk of getting stuck in the airport if when the time comes for you depart and the ash clouds decides to blow east and closes denpasar airport again.

So, if you are the type who worries about these things? better don't go right now. Especially if you're travelling with kids.

This post has been edited by jojo_g2: Dec 6 2017, 11:03 AM

Have fun & Good luck.
Don't worry much. Just like me, when you get there and out on the street, you'll see that most people and tourist alike don seem to worry about the whole thing much. Enjoy aje.

Forgot to mentioned this. Raining almost everyday while i was there. Booring. When it didnt rain, its cloudy. Very sien

Np. Like i said, had i known, i would've went looking for pad thai instead. The volcano, the rain & cloudy weather was a major bummer.