Off to Bali

 Day 14 - January 24

This is the day we fly to Bali. Got things repacked so we would only have 3 pieces of luggage. Got everything put together and were ready to go. We checked out at about noon and then went for a walk down to some places we have already been but didn’t know we had already been there. We walked past a bank that we drove to two days before. We walked to a mall we had driven to 4 days before. On the way we were asked at least a dozen times if we wanted a taxi. It was a 10 minute walk from the hotel to the mall. We just walked around. Didn’t buy anything. But it was nice to walk even if it was hot and humid.

SenS hotel

We went back to the hotel and chilled there for about half an hour before we asked for a taxi to the airport. Got things loaded in the cab and off we went. Got to the airport and the driver told us the fair was 100,000 rupiah. Got ripped off. Next time we will ask before we leave. Going into the airport the “guard” pointed out that our ticket was for tomorrow. I told him we would get it changed. I fully expected a change fee but there wasn’t any. So we were booked on the 4:15 to Bali. Flight was just about an hour. We were served a drink, a snack and had a nice entertainment system for the short flight. Nicely done Garuda Indonesia Airlines. There were no baggage fees for a domestic flight either. The flight was about twice as much as AirAsia but there were no additional fees. The twice amount was $104 each instead of $47.

We got to Bali and were met at the airport by Maya, her significant other Gunadi, and our driver Putu. Putu will be our driver while we are here. Will keep you posted on the qualify of his service in case you need a referral in the future. We had asked Maya if she had any recommendations on where to stay and she told us that Ubud or Uluwatu. She never told us that he was a marketing person for the Grand Istana Rama Hotel on Kuta beach. So we booked a room at SenS Hotel and Resorts in Ubud. We will be staying there while we are on Bali. It is closer to the drivers home so he and us should be happy with that.

We took the three some out for dinner at their hotel. The food was excellent. The atmosphere was

SenS Hotel

very nice and the staff was attentive. The service might have been this good because we were with two of the hotel employees but maybe not.

After dinner Putu dropped Maya and Gunadi at their residence. He then drove us to our hotel (SenS Hotel & Spa) and we were impressed with the hotel. We told our driver that we would just chill out on Monday so he need not come for us. But on Tuesday we will use him well. We went to the room again impressed with the facility.

We were down for the night.