In Reply to: Changes posted by KevD on Wednesday, 20. May 2009 at 11:24 Bali Time:
Stayed in Kuta 23 years ago and remember gravel roads and farms in between markets. And crazy Bemo drivers. And slab type toilets where you squat. I was glad to see toilets have changes to our style.
The bike ride was a disappointment, down hill, on bitumen, flat out, and dodge the potholes. (I hit one) I thought it would be a tranquil ride past rice paddies and villages. It was like an extreme sport, and I'm a 43 year old mum. I think other tour companies offer what I was looking for cos I had read about it on forum. Don't remember the name of our tour company. One silver lining, a family of carpenters helped us, we fell right in front of their house/workshop. They were so lovely and did everything they could for us, no english though. We were there for 30 minutes while we waited for our van to pick us up. We got to say thankyou but that seemed inadequate.