In Reply to: A few questions please.. posted by Balimagic on Tuesday, 20. September 2005 at 17:04 Bali Time:
3. We visited the Taro elephant park last week. Chose this one as it seems to be the most popular looking at comments on the forum. You can book with a tour company on line but it is cheaper to pay at the park when you arrive (hire a driver for the day or half a day). It cost us US$135 for a family. That included park entry, show and elephant safari ride (takes around 30 - 40 minutes). Not cheap, but a fantastic experience that we all enjoyed. The park is very well set up and maintained and the elephants are well cared for.
5. We stayed in Nusa Dua (at the Nusa Dua Beach Hotel - which was fantastic). The department store was not open while we were and we saw it was still under construction/renovation. Not sure when it will be finished. There is a 2 story Tragia store which has a large supermarket downstairs. We didn't actually venture upstairs but friends of ours did - they have clothes and cosmetics etc.