In Reply to: christmas in bali posted by walruss on Friday, 28. August 2009 at 17:16 Bali Time:
No you don't have to stay at your hotel Xmas Day, we were in Bali last Xmas and everything was open as normal, I personally wouldn't go back over Xmas as we found it so busy as everyone from Java go to Bali for their Xmas holidays and the traffic was an absolute nightmare! we walked everywhere as it was quicker than getting taxi's LOL but we did stay in Kuta so not sure what it is like in Jimbaran over Xmas.
If you would like to email me I can give you the name and phone number of my driver who we have had for 5 years, he is brilliant, very friendly man in his 40's and a very very good driver.