In Reply to: Hi , a couple of questions posted by Tuberose on Friday, 22. April 2005 at 20:04 Bali Time:
We were not sure if we should be tipping the cooks and cleaners each day either so did not. They did not seem to be expecting one but we still felt funny. What we did do is on our last day there, we tipped the 2 cooks 100,000Rp and left 200,000Rp and all the schrapnel for the cleaners/gardener/pool person. We hoped that that would be enough to cover. We did tip the waiters when they bought room service diners though I cannot remeber how much (it was not alot).
There are alot of stairs, well over a hundred (I wasn't counting and to me it felt like a thousand lol). I am not sure but I think that all the white water rafting tours have got some sort of stairs to the river. A friend of mine told me there was one with fewer stairs, but I am not sure which one it would be though. Yes the beach episode was scary but I hope that my experience of it does not put anyone off from visiting it. It is a very lovely beach and would be a great place to have lunch and sunbathe.
I hope you have a great time when you go.
Cheers
Trish