Well as per usual the arrival at denpesar was for me quick and only maybe 10minutes waiting for visa.. i dont know why but everytime ive landed ive never had along wait, maybe time of flight dont really know.. Anyway we decided before leaving not to be ripped off and pay for transfers from airport as we only had carry on luggage we instead walked out of the airport and toward to main road outside and jumoed into a bluebird taxi.. No troubloe getting one as theyre everywhere. this is a fixed rate taxi and not a rip off one pay attention when u get in for bluebird sticker on dashboard..
only cost us 15000 to get up to legian 14roses next door to jokers... the hotel is a 2 star and very clean and great food and service here we had no troubles.. Jokers next door maybe a bit on the $$$$$ side but it was great food atmosphere and also we did a cooking class in the morning with the cook there for a 100,000rp 1 dish nasi goreng was all we wanted to learn to teach the kids at home...
we loveed the food at TUbes in poppies 2 (wave wall as u walk past restaurant down the back..) After a few double booms here and then a few araks with dinner at jokers i was ready for anight at paddys and it was the best night... place was pumping and the ppl there were reat as per usual... jungle juice there after all the other grog made sure i would spend a day in bed to recover and tones of water to rehydrate due to the heat and also the alcohol content of my blood lol... i have been to BALI 3 times now and i cant fault it i had the one bad experieince with my hair at the shop in poppies 2 samsura not good at all braids came out the next day got it fixed and again the next day came out then one the day i was leaving i demanded after paying 300,000rp for it that they fix it properly and with alot of hair pulling and bad looks from the girls it finally was done and i hda most of the plaits glued to my head... bad service bad skills no reason for anyone to go to this place unless u want to be dissapointed.. i though i would go to a shop for comfort and thought they would mayb a bit better than the beach this is not the case ok... i then went upto a bar on the beach outside inna kuta SAMS BAR and saw somw of the hair done by uli and the girls there and it was great like the last few times id had it done.... i will be going back there next year to have my hair done... ANyway over the bad note that was my only bad experience while there and i was very happy to have had my time again in bali the sunset on the beach at kuta is great and also TANAH LOT temple is just as beautiful as i remember it. got to catch up with my old freind nara tour guide from first trip hes a legend and always have a laugh with him..
shopping guide of prices i bater hard so no mucking around if i dont get the price i want i leave, i dont want to waste my time dissagreeing with shop workers so here goes
i bought 2 pants cotton 80,000, 2shorts 80,000, little girls dress and older girls dress also cotton ribbed 70,000, me4ns belt in poppies 2 around bend from bounty toward the beach for 100,000.
2shorts,5 tshirts, 1 teenage, womens sandal and 2 sunglasses all for 390,000..
105 dvds 700,000 buy 70 get 35 free. matahari 3 sandals men 180,000 baby boy outfit brand label 74,000 at matahari, teenage dress (for graduation) x2 700,000, toddler dress for christening 250,000 all at matahari..
stall on legian 3 sunglasses 70,000 1 mens watch 85,000 imitation louis vitton.
And finally geneva handicrafts in kerobokan cant even begin on stuff we got there we got about 10kgs of stuff for 1.3million rupiah this included jewllery clothes nick nacks and hats.. all items here are fixed price they also now havea website so u can loook before u go and have a an idea if they have stuff u want.. ive been here everytime and never faulted anything ive bought...
i am already withdrawing from BALI god i miss and i love it so much we invested in property there so we can now travel there with the kids....
hope u all get some thing from this JBR when i have some more time i will put in abit more info..
enjoy everyone bali is paradise on earth....