Posted by Lombok Larry on Saturday, 10. October 1998 at 13:37 Bali Time:
My partner and I desperately wanted to visit Tanah Lot so we enquired at some of the travel agencies in Kuta for a tour. The cheapest we could find was Rp 100,000 each and this took us to other places we didn't want to go.
Finally, we decided to go by taxi and we asked the taxi driver to wait for us whilst we took some pictures of the temple and the beach. (The taxi meter runs at Rp 9000 an hour if you ask the driver to wait which is about AUD$1.50).
The overall taxi fare from Kuta to Tanah Lot and back, including the wait was just under Rp 50,000 ! This is a bargain compared to the Rp 200,000 quoted earlier !
We also went by taxi to other locations...Monkey Forest in Ubud from Kuta return was about $75,000. (To rent a car would have cost us Rp 100,000 plus the headaches of negotiating the maze of one way streets in Denpasar !)