Our visit to Munnar brought our time in India to an end, and as tempting as it is to write a post about to joy that is Singapore airport (I'm not even joking I love it) we made it to Bali. After meeting Georgie at the airport we took a grab to Uluwatu where we spent 2 nights. Personally, I'd give Uluwatu a miss if returning to Bali. I think there are better places to spend your time, but it was okay for a night or two
Accommodation
We stayed at Pecatu Guesthouse which was a hostel. It was okay and the beds had a curtain around them like little pods but they were SO squeaky and every time anyone moved the whole room heard it. That being said they had cheap food, hot water, a pool and it was sociable. Probably a good place to start your trip but it was full of tanned surfers and we were not in the mood to socialise so definitely looked like the boring trio. I think we paid around £5 a night. The location was alright as everything was reachable by a cheap Grab, but it wasn't particularly near anything and it was a bit of a trek to get food outside of the hostel.
Getting to/from
From Denpasar airport- We took a Grab for around 180,000 IDR which is approx £10
To Nusa Lembongan- we intended to go to Gili T from there and booked return mini bus transport and speed boat for 600,000 IDR each which is around £30. The ferry ended up not running as it was too windy so for 550,000 we were able to use our tickets to go to Nusa Lembongan, though we definitely overpaid for this. Taking a Grab to Sanur or Padang Bai and getting the ferry from there is also a cheap way of doing this journey.
Things to do
Uluwatu Temple- This is definitely the selling point of the place. A bit pricey at 130,000 entry to see the temple and the famous Kecak dance but we opted to anyway. The dance was okay- nice to see a bit of culture. the temple is on a high cliff with some pretty sea views below. The dance was an hour long, but it was SO crowded (several hundred people watching) that we left about 5 minutes before the end to avoid the crowds trying to get out
Uluwatu Beach- We visited a small beach/cave which was very pretty but our hostel wasn't close to any actual sunbathing or swimming beaches
Food
We ended up mainly eating at the hostel. The breakfast they offered was good- huge bowl of fresh fruit for a pound or so, and they did Tempe sandwiches with fries which made a good dinner on our first night.
We had lunch at a restaurant near to the beach which was really nice and cheap! Can't remember the name though
General notes
SIM card- as this was our first stop in Indonesia we intended to buy a sim card here. The only place we found charged us 180,000 IDR for 8GB of data and nothing else, which we soon discovered was massively overpriced. The locals pay like 5,000 per GB!
Accommodation
We stayed at Pecatu Guesthouse which was a hostel. It was okay and the beds had a curtain around them like little pods but they were SO squeaky and every time anyone moved the whole room heard it. That being said they had cheap food, hot water, a pool and it was sociable. Probably a good place to start your trip but it was full of tanned surfers and we were not in the mood to socialise so definitely looked like the boring trio. I think we paid around £5 a night. The location was alright as everything was reachable by a cheap Grab, but it wasn't particularly near anything and it was a bit of a trek to get food outside of the hostel.
Getting to/from
From Denpasar airport- We took a Grab for around 180,000 IDR which is approx £10
To Nusa Lembongan- we intended to go to Gili T from there and booked return mini bus transport and speed boat for 600,000 IDR each which is around £30. The ferry ended up not running as it was too windy so for 550,000 we were able to use our tickets to go to Nusa Lembongan, though we definitely overpaid for this. Taking a Grab to Sanur or Padang Bai and getting the ferry from there is also a cheap way of doing this journey.
Things to do
Uluwatu Temple- This is definitely the selling point of the place. A bit pricey at 130,000 entry to see the temple and the famous Kecak dance but we opted to anyway. The dance was okay- nice to see a bit of culture. the temple is on a high cliff with some pretty sea views below. The dance was an hour long, but it was SO crowded (several hundred people watching) that we left about 5 minutes before the end to avoid the crowds trying to get out
Uluwatu Beach- We visited a small beach/cave which was very pretty but our hostel wasn't close to any actual sunbathing or swimming beaches
Food
We ended up mainly eating at the hostel. The breakfast they offered was good- huge bowl of fresh fruit for a pound or so, and they did Tempe sandwiches with fries which made a good dinner on our first night.
We had lunch at a restaurant near to the beach which was really nice and cheap! Can't remember the name though
General notes
SIM card- as this was our first stop in Indonesia we intended to buy a sim card here. The only place we found charged us 180,000 IDR for 8GB of data and nothing else, which we soon discovered was massively overpriced. The locals pay like 5,000 per GB!
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