In Reply to: Great report couple of questions posted by sylvia on Sunday, 3. April 2005 at 05:38 Bali Time:
We booked a driver that was recommended on BTF. His name is Teddy or Ketut Surdita. I had looked at other trips offered by companies and just picked the places that looked good for me. You hire the driver by the day Rp 300.000 is the going rate. Although the Tegal Sari Hotel has their driver by the hour Rp 40.000 which worked out cheaper as we usually went from 9 - 4pm.
We did from Ubud - Kintamant, Lovina/Singaraja, Banjar hot springs, Git Git waterfall, then back through the mts and saw the lakes, then Ulan Batur (although we had seen that earlier from Sanur so we didn't stop)then back to Ubud.
No one (4 adults and 4 kids) got sick at all. Kids did get a sore ear, but easily fixed with Aquaear. We didn't eat from roadstalls, just hotels and restaurants and the kids mostly ate nuggets, pizza, chips and Yummy milkshakes. They did enjoy the sates as well. We brushed our teeth with bottled water and drank it, but apart from that, no other precautions. I did bring some Aquim antibacterial wash for after the kids touched the animals but my 7 yr old was always picking up rocks off the road and as long as he washed his hands I wasn't too worried. We didn't get vaccinated as we were only there for 9 days and couldn't be bothered too much.