In Reply to: Good Ubud Restaurants posted by phantom on Friday, 10. February 2012 at 12:43 Bali Time:
I work in Bali for a company who, among other things, looks after cruise passengers on the ground in Bali and other islands in Indonesia.
on more than one occasion, passengers have been caught out by drivers who all too easily misjudge the time it takes to get from A to B, and have had people running from the terminal entry doors to the last tender to leave.
needless to say, they are pretty stressed by the time they arrive back to port.
as it is their first time to Bali, they COULD just join in on the shore excursion that the ship puts together for them (i am not sure what vessel they are on, so dont know if my company is handling them and nor does it matter to me if they choose this or not - i am merely trying to find the best for these two elderly ladies for their first Bali visit). by doing this, they will be with other people of similar ages, and they will have a schedule that the bus will keep to.
right now, many of the ships are changing back to Benoa because of 'political' problems in that port, so the chance of it changing is still there, just a bit slimmer these days.