In Reply to: Please Help! How far is... posted by Jeff Petersen on Wednesday, 11. August 1999 at 00:29 Bali Time:
Roads are less than stellar. Traffic can be awful in Kuta or almost non-existant on the back roads. Allow about an hour to get to Ubud/Monkey Forest. Half an hour to an hour to Kuta. Three hours to get to Besakih Temple, two hours to Batur on the lake. Maybe one to two hours to get to the rafting spot. These are only estimates based on my shaky memory. Of course you understand that it all depends on traffic, time of day and how fast your driver goes. We've had some leisurely dudes, and some who cruise thru town at breakneck speeds. Five days is crammin' it in, but go for it.
P.S. I knew a Jeff Petersen from St. Louis (tempo dr.) once upon a time. You?