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 Indonesia travel tales
Our customers share their travelling experiences in Indonesia.
Read about first hand stories on travel tips and guides, events, entertainment,shopping, food, business and transportation.
Also, you might want to read our
Bali city guide,
and Lombok city guide.
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| N Ebrahim |
18 November 2004 |
Stayed at Alila Ubud - Bali, Indonesia.
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THE Alila Ubud was a nice place to stay in Ubud. The dances in Ubud are not to be missed. Ary's warung an excellent restaruant. As with Ubud being the capital of art in Bali so it also seems to be the capital of good artistic food. HOWEVER, one day I went on a white water rafting trip, which was amazing, and at the end of it we were given a beatiful traditional Balinese lunch. We were offered some sauces labeled mild and spicy. Enjoying spicy food I asked the guide if 'spicy' meant 'very spicy' and she replied yes it is very spicy. Well being used to spicy food I slapped a bunch on and proceeded to eat it when I started choking as if my esophagus is going into spasms. I downed the beer , anything I could get my hands on , when finally I realised I was going to survive. The next morning I woke up with blisters all around the inside of my lips, and my lips were swollen. I spoke for the next week as if I had a peirced tounge, and I also found it very painful to eat.
Later on during my trip I watched a program on Bali Vision on Balinese food. It mentioned Balinese chillies are the HOTTEST in the WORLD. I can attest to that!
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| S Bond |
11 November 2004 |
Stayed at Puri Bagus Lovina - Bali, Indonesia.
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Bambu (outside the hotel on the left hand side) is a really good option for seafood and it is a friendly place to eat. We could recommend this place.
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| J Benedicto |
03 November 2004 |
Stayed at Gran Melia Jakarta - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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If shopping is on your to-do list, Plaza Indonesia is a very pleasant place to visit. Not crowded with a great selection of stores. CGK is a good airport to travel from, but it helps to have lounge access when your flight is early in the morning. The Premier Lounge (available to eligible passengers of CX and SQ) was a good place to relax while waiting for my flight to board.
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| J Quintin |
01 November 2004 |
Stayed at Bunga Permai - Bali, Indonesia.
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Ubud is my favorite place in Bali. It is very well located for trips all over the island. As far as restaurants are concerned we would recommend the following: Wayan's Cafe for its nice garden & food, Tutmak for its excellent food, Bebek Bengil, and Mozaic which is an upmarket restaurant with very nice food prepared by a french-american chef. This restaurant is said to be the best in Bali, however we thought the food was too european.
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| C Mathis |
01 November 2004 |
Stayed at Puri Bambu Hotel - Bali, Indonesia.
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This was the first time that I ventured outside of Kuta. We took a day trip into Denpasar to the Kumbi Sari market. It was huge, especially the craft market. The cost for a bemo (public bus) from Kuta was about 10,000 rupiah ($1). Apparently this is where many of the locals shop and business owners buy their goods to sell at the local markets. It is well worth a visit.
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| T Watters |
20 October 2004 |
Stayed at Senggigi Beach Hotel - Lombok, Indonesia.
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The Basilico restaurant is very nice with a great location on the beach.
I spent 1 night on Gili Trawangen (island) and had a very nice relaxing time.
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| S Gallyot |
17 October 2004 |
Stayed at Le Meridien Jakarta - Jakarta, Indonesia.
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Shopping centres you should visit is Semanggil (Jl Sudirman), Plaza Indonesia (Hyatt Hotel) and Pasaraya Gran (Jl Kabayoran) where you can get most of what you're looking for. Restaurants are average everywhere.
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| T Thornton |
16 October 2004 |
Stayed at Melasti Beach Resort - Bali, Indonesia.
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Some hints on using a taxi for travels around Bali. Look for newer taxi. Make sure taxi approaches with windows rolled up...this should indicate the AC works well.
If you hire transport for long haul and there are several drivers and vehicles available, ask all of them to start their cars (usually 4x4/SUV types) and come back in 3-5 min to perform an AC check...you don't want to be stuck all day in a car that doesn't have cold air.
If you get in a car and it's not pumping ice cold AC after a very short distance and you want to change vehicles, it's acceptable to have driver drop you off so you can flag down a new car...if you do this and did travel more than say, 1/2 mile, then you should pay 1st driver a small amount, maybe 5000 Rup (60cents US/ $1 SG) a short distance.
For all day trips (8hr) with multiple stops, you shouldn't need to spend more than 200,000 Rup ($22 US/ $37 SG). For 4-6hr trips with a few enroute stops, you cna pay 100-150,000 Rup. Once we had a group of 7 people and we paid 350,000 Rup for 24hrs...but if you do hire a transport for more than, say 6 or 8hrs, you should pay for your driver's meals, drinks, etc...this is especially true for all day hires.
BTW don't let your driver sidetrack you into accepting offers to stop at various shops and attractions -- politely decline the offer unless of course you're interested in them.
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| G Knuckey |
10 October 2004 |
Stayed at Villas Bali Hotel and Spa, The - Bali, Indonesia.
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Recommended restaurants: The Living Room: amazing ambience, great garden setting. Ku De Ta: first class food, great location on the beachfront.
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| L Westbrook |
03 October 2004 |
Stayed at Bali Hilton International - Bali, Indonesia.
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Bali is really great. I would recommend staying in the Nusa Dua area if you're looking for a clean beach free of people trying to sell you massages, t-shirts, or drugs. Kuta is best for going out at night, resturants and shopping for trinkets, t-shirts, etc. When bargaining I got everything about 1/3 of what their starting price was. I would also recommend taking a tour through Ubud...there are also some lovely shops there.
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