Hi All,
Got back on Friday morning, and we immediately wanted to board the next plane back to Bali!!!
This was our (my husband and I) first time in Bali, so we did a lot of shopping and sight seeing.
Day 1 - Our flight landed at 23:00 and the airport was full, I waited for 45 mins+ in the Visa on Arrival line. My husband (not holding an Australian passport) already had his visa and he cleared customs in under 10 mins!!
By the time I cleared customs, collected our baggage and found our Airport pickup, we were ready to just crash once we got to the hotel.
However, this was not going to be so.
We had booked at the White Rose Hotel and Spa in a Deluxe Room.
As soon as we got to the hotel the receptionist tells us that the hotel is booked out due to some last minute guests and that they will have to move us to another hotel for the one night... It took them another half hour to organize the transfer and when we got there (Wina Villas) they put us in this tiny room with Two Single Beds. We hated the room so we called reception and asked to change the room, we ended up in a Double Bed room, which was maybe a few sqm bigger in size. Anyway we didnt have any more energy so we asked to get some room service so that we could eat and sleep. The hotel were horrible about the payment. We didnt have enough Rupiah to pay for the meals right then, but we thought we could exchange some dollars next morning and pay for the meals on check out..... noooo.. They wanted the payment right there and then. In the end we gave them some AUD and they gave us the change.... however the exchange rate they used was no good....
This first night was not a good opening to our holiday and we prayed that our holiday would get better before we slept.
I'll post day two in a bit.......:)