Top tips - buy a SIM card (cheap and can navigate around) - rent a scooter and drive most places - local food restaurants are cheap (nasi campur) and delicious - learn some basic words Basic Bahasa Indonesia Thank you - terima Kasih No - tidak One - satu Two - dua Three - Tiga Four - empat Five - lima Hello - halo Good bye - sumpai jumpah How are you? - abar kabar? I'm good, thank you, you? - bike, terima Kasih, anda? Good morning (till 11am) - selamat pagi Good mid morning/

Amed is a beautiful little fishing town on the North East coast of Bali, in the region of Karangasem. I spent many pleasant weekends up here. Diving/snorkeling Amed is famous for its world class diving and snorkelling. I completed my diving Open Water PADI course here and I highly recommend it to anyone. Here is a link to the video documenting my progress throughout the course. This video was made by my fantastic instructor at Ecodive (read my comparative guide of the differe

Before I went to Amed, I researched and contacted many companies about doing my PADI Open Water Diving Course. I had three days to complete the course. I have put all the information I collected from various companies into a table. These costs were correct in January 2016 and were converted into pounds. Certification, instructor, equipment, taxes and transport is included in the course price. Any extra inclusions or charges, I will add. My choice was Ecodive. I thought their