In Reply to: Renting a car in the North posted by Koronbock on Monday, 10. January 2005 at 23:37 Bali Time:
the past few days posts.I am positive this was recently discussed.
I just checked & it was you that posted the same question only on Sunday.Two people replied to you ,one being myself & the 2nd person who is one of the drivers who regularly goes against the rules & advertises his services on the forum.
Sorry,I can't offer much more advise because I told you what I already know when I answered your question the first time.I know Lovina pretty well but we have never hire a car to drive ourselves in Bali & never would. It's so much easier to sit back & relax & let someone else drive who knows where to go& doesn't get lost.Believe me when I say if you can get yourself into Kalibukbuk when you 1st arrive in Lovina you will have NO troubles finding a local driver.They WILL find you <LOL>The easiest thing to start with would be to get your hotel to arrange transport for you into town otherwise hail a local bus & hop on like we did.
I noticed you have only been posting a few days & your questions have been about drivers & cars.As a new person to the forum I'd like to try & help you & offer you a word of warning & remind you is that when you post questions about cars or drivers be very aware of the fact that a number of drivers try & tout for business here & they are certainly NOT geniune tourists who are helping you out of the goodness of their hearts ! I am sure you will find that it's pretty easy after a short time to notice a pattern & pick up who they are even if they do use /change to different names on a very regular basis.
BTW - what date are you going to be in Lovina ? We will be there very soon again ourselves.