In Reply to: future advice posted by Michele on Thursday, 30. July 2009 at 06:32 Bali Time:
No grave(!) damage was done, but the incident was quite sobering.
Your advice about walking away was spot on. I imagine walking away would be hard to do, but why would anyone want to pay for something entirely out of their control, especially when no damage was done?
I reckon that having booked the driver through our hotel helped us too.