In Reply to: great help rex and lots more needed posted by shaddup on Thursday, 16. February 2006 at 23:11 Bali Time:
I gather that you may be in Perth. I live in Waikiki, south of Rockingham. If you would like to email me, we can arrange to talk on the phone. I know a number of quiet, pretty places with reasonable accomodation, but this kind of accomodation is best examined and, if it suits you, negotiated for. Most of it is not the kind of place you could get on a package deal from Australia. And if you tried to book it in advance, you may find that [1] you don't really like it and/or [2] you're paying too much.
Negotiating for accomodation is just the same as bargaining for a teeshirt. You've got an idea what you reckon it's worth to you and you try to get it for around that figure. No matter how smart we think we are, we're probably paying more than we really need to, but so what. Good for you, good for me, that's the way it goes, and then everyone's happy.
This is a useful map of East Bali, showing Candi Dasa, Amed, Padang Bai and a few other places too.
http://www.baliblog.com/guide/003263.shtml