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/ early afternoon (11-3pm) - selamat Siang
Good afternoon (3pm till dark) - selamat sore
Good evening (at dark) - selamat malam
where is... - di mana...
Beach - pantai
How much... - Berapa...
One more - satu Lagi
Two more - dua Lagi
Etc ...
Large - Basar (Bintang basar- large Bintang)
Small - Cecil
Good - bagus
Delicious - anak
Beautiful - cantik
Hot - panas
Cold - dingin
Very - sekali (cantik sekali - very beautiful, anak sekali - very delicious etc)
Ibu - Mrs (nice way to address Indonesian women)
Mr - Pak (nice way to address Indonesian men)
What is your name? - siapa nama anda?
My name is.. - Nama saya..
Ubud
Eat
Cafe wayan - does delicious local food and very fancy (affordable)
Laughing Buddha (cocktail place with live music)
To do..
Ubud market (very close to Ubud palace)
Shopping
There's a dance every night (not sure about detes)
Bicycle ride from Mt Batur, kintamani region
Tegalalang rice fields - about 20 mins north of Ubud (beautiful) (maybe scoot here, visit and then up to kintamani)
Temples
Sunrise hiking Mt Agung or Mt Batur
Amed
Scooter (3 hours)
- water palaces on drive up
Eco dive - 2 dives per day and offer courses (see my comparison of Amed dive companies here)
Sunrise Amed
Drive south along coastal road for amazing views
Restaurant Galanga (fantastic tempe burger and amazing ice cream)
Any of Clifftop restaurants are nice and serve fresh sea food.
Canggu/Seminyak
To do...
Shopping
Bikinis - 69 slam (Batu bolong in Canggu) and niconico
Surf at old man's/Batu bolong (get one of the instructors to take you out)
Beach
Massage - bodyworks (in seminyak and very nice but expensive - 400k+ per hour)
- local places (80k or less per hour)
Party
Tanah lot (don't do this if you're going to Uluwatu temple - it's nicer and less tourists)
Day trip to Uluwatu
Eat
Betelnut
Echo beach BBQ (fish and unlimited salad - one of my favourites!!!)
Coffee 'n' oven (fave breakfast place)
Milk and madu
Macan
Nalu bowls
Ithaka (cheap, healthy and delicious)
Motel mexicola (seminyak - food, cocktails, tequila and loads of fun)
Uluwatu
Single fin (cool bar and can watch surfing. Also beach below it. Awesome sunset)
Padang Padang - v busy during high season
Bingin beach
Uluwatu temple - beaut sunset and Ramayana fire dance in evening
Can do day trip here or spend a couple of days here
Other places to check out..
- Nusa dua (nice but very resorty) - mulia cafe does the most amazing buffet ever (breakfast or lunch/dinner)
- Nusa Lembongan (island off bali - drive to sanur and go from there)
