This was our 7th trip to Bali. Hubby, 24 yr old daughter and Myself. We had a great time as always. We flew Garuda from Melbourne. Flight was on time and no problems. Thought about the VIP VOA but glad we didn't through Immigration in not time. I think that we were outside within 30 min of landing.
As we were staying in Ubud for the first 5 nights we just got a taxi from the airport. Was no problem. We stayed at Nick's Pension in Jl Bisma. I booked this over the internet and found the place to be very nice. Our room overlooked the rice paddies and was close to the pool. This place has alot of steps if you are in the rooms near the river or if you want to take the shortcut to Jl Monkey Forest.
We had alot of rain this trip but that was expected as it was the wet season.
While in Ubud we did the following things:
Visited the Museam and did courses in Wood carving, painting and dancing.
Visited the Bali Zoo at night. Good but better during the day.
Took a trip to Lovina. Stopping at Bedugul Botanical gardens - Tree tops, Candi Cuning Markets on the way.
For our last 10 nights we stayed at the Ramada Bintang in Tuban. We could'nt believe how the beach has changed since last year with the new path and the extra sand. You now walk straight out of the resturants, hotels onto the sand.
This trip we went to the Safari Park, Orchid Gardens, Nusa Dua (hadn't been here before) and a couple of other places, this was a holiday for relaxing.
Places that we ate at included:
New Indian Resturant near the Dynasty.
Gracy Kellys
Bubba Gumps
Pantai
Mammas
Kin Khoa
We also went on the Sea Safari Pirate Dinner Cruise, this was quite good it leaves from Benoa Harbour and is at Sunset.
We didn't do much shopping and mainly bought DVDs. Planning our next trip hopfully in Aug 2009.
Jane