do not repeat our mistakes)))
I'm over late with my review of the trip to Bali, but still, maybe my story will be more or less useful to someone))
So, the flight there by the once-famous Transaero company, let it remain in the past, I can say one thing, we were just incredibly lucky. Because our friends recall with fear, the showdowns of not very sober citizens of the Russian Federation, the disregard for the attitude of the stewardesses (they flew in the tail, and in response to the understandable indignation about the “non-delivery” of food, they threw in surprise - “well, we are not to blame that there is no food for everyone enough! ). flew and thank God)))
Luggage, meeting with a travel agency, taxi - all without delay. All the way to the hotel, and it’s terribly pleasant, where else can you get from the airport to your destination in 20 minutes . . a fairy tale)), I was amazed at the cleanliness and greenery of the island, it’s really beautiful)) Entrance to the hotel, reception - everything is like in a big Balinese temple or ancient museum. A couple of phrases and smiles (! ) guide, and a quick check-in to a good room, with a practically view of the sea and the pool, you are provided)) We only regret that we did not take a bungalow, we never lived in the main building, and here, in principle, we did not regret it. The building is such that it’s possible to get lost, but what’s cool is that at least they didn’t intersect with the Chinese here))
We arrived local time at 13, so we didn’t have time for breakfast, taught, well-read, we leave the hotel and try to find ways either to the village or to the balli collection, we don’t answer the cries of taxi drivers, we know everything))) At first, of course , there is no sense of terrain, we are lost, white, we wander along the sidewalks, it’s not clear which way, hungry, tired, but we don’t like to sleep, rest, it’s a pity to waste time, that’s why we’re like tanks. we got flooded, I don’t understand where))). A taxi stops near us, we don’t react, the lovely Balinese shouts that he is from Inna Putri and he is super free, where we want to take him there. And something clicked in our head, ahh from our hotel, well then it’s definitely not about the divorce of street taxi drivers, and we get into the car. Please take to the NEAREST village to eat. Do not need anything else. So, for the first evening, $250 was cut from our budget. Stupid (well, really, don’t go to Tamara spa for anything ! ! ) spa + stupid (and besides, with a divorce for money, we added a couple of extra grams and shrimp, fish, etc. , => dripped a non-childish bill) a restaurant with a terrible wind and impudent waiters. I love Jimbaran, what else can I say : DD And note, well-read, my granny is still that traveler, not the first time in Bali, and lived in Indonesia for 5 years, and still such results. )) There is nothing to be proud of))
Okay, we had dinner, slept, morning. It’s scary to imagine what’s going on at breakfast... Our first breakfast. We take a place with a bag, that is, as they usually do it)), comes with food in his hands, at our table, a Chinese man calmly eats breakfast for both cheeks, eating noodles. Okay, we moved, we’re already eating, another native of the People’s Republic of China sits down next to us (two), not reacting at first to the fiery glances and then the questions of what actually happens, the waiter runs up to us and somehow begs the state to change seats))) But such a person, albeit rarely, but they meet, maybe we just get lucky on them)))
It was necessary to check in, give some kind of piece of paper at the entrance to the restaurant, but we did not pay attention to anyone, and at first we drank coffee / tea, ran to the sea, and then came to have a thorough breakfast)))
Then we figured out where the balli collection is, so that without further questions. Get out already BEYOND the barrier, and go left, PARALLEL to the main road. And you will see a fence with a gate on the other side, go there. This is the back entrance to the collection. Eat, beautiful, tasty, not cheap (in comparison with Thailand, the prices are just crazy: D). clothes, rags are in the market, to which, after the barrier, you go accordingly to the LEFT, and to the circle, then cross the road to the other side, enter the gate with the checkpoint, and you are in the village. But beautiful, high-quality, really good things are in sogo, and in different boutiques in balli collection. You also need to be able to search, I bought a very cool swimsuit in sogo apiece according to ours)))) Dear ladies!! ! Buy dresses in sogo! ! We are sorry to tears that we brought only a couple, you will not find such ANYWHERE in Moscow City!!!
Once again making sure how small the world is, having met a former employee, we went on her advice on a tour through Ketuta, which has the Russian name Roma)) Everything is true about him, what they write, funny, kind, he constantly bought us fruit as a gift, delivered in really cheap (because for local) markets, everywhere we were punched in the front rows)) so don’t even think about traveling with our tour operators. And by the way, we paid him $40 per person, BUT we didn’t care about everything else, absolutely all the expenses of the trip are covered by this money (entrance fees to parks, restaurants, markets, etc. ).
What excursions did we go on? The first is a park of birds, reptiles, a volcano, lake bro, temples. The second is the forest of monkeys, tanakh log (on the market, buy whatever you like, and bargain to the point of indecent, do not feel sorry for the “poor” (as one young lady bought small silk handkerchiefs for the whole office for $ 10 per piece, shedding tears, how hard it is for them here , who, if not she will help them), they will definitely make a gain, but not on us; ). We boldly took the amount that we gave for 1 product, took 3-5 pieces and bought)) there won’t be much, in Moscow it seems that they bought so much)), a temple in the lake (I forgot the name), rice fields, coffee plantations (here here ALWAYS buy coconut oil, and if it's not difficult, buy us 1 bottle))) and use it as a tanning agent, in the last days), an orchid park (you can not stop by).
The rest of the days exploring the area, the beach, rest, everything is as planned. We got burned, of course)) And as it turned out, not much, because upon arrival at the airport we saw blisters and blisters on the hands and backs of our compatriots... Take care of your skin, be sure to tan, it's the equator, smear yourself boldly in the first days with 50, but then the skin will not through a week after the rest will peel off !!
To say a little about the local card, the tour operator gave it to us.
As for the rooms, the service is top notch. Condition - 4 with a minus. But, to be honest, if you want, you can find shit in a five-star hotel. I'm sorry, but those cockroach and ant graters are just sick of it. Well, do not leave you fruits on the floor and everything will be fine !! ! We carried out risky experiments (of course, unplanned), left money and decorations on the table, nothing even moved. There is a safe at the reception, it is still better and safer to leave money and valuables there.
Free sunbeds up to 12 are easy to find, then everyone crawls out, but there are always a lot of places by the pool. It is interesting to observe how a handful of peoples, if you look from the sea to the beach, on the left on the sunbeds - Germans + Russians, closer to the middle of the Chinese, and rare Russian impressive aunts, to the right all the Chinese.
I am ready to talk about my attitude towards the Chinese for eternity. Tales about the most uncivilized Russian people have not stood up to the slightest criticism for a long time. Ours boil only for booze. And the Chinese are just ALWAYS noisy, arrogant, loud-mouthed. And it's not just Bali.
Well. At the airport, we clearly don’t change, but we go to the village, we go through restaurants. We pass a couple of tents, and see the first exchanger. It had the best course.
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Go don't be sorry. This is your best investment ; ))))