Holidays in Bali
Rested with her husband in Bali from October 23 to November 3.2012. For the first time!! ! I'll start in order, since we decided to go on vacation almost on the same day. They wanted to fly away with a burning tour. But when they began to contact well-known tour companies. It turned out that almost all tour operators offered the same 3 star hotels. We wanted 4-5 *. in Kuta. I accidentally found a tour company on the Internet called "tour summary". We chose a hotel. Holiday Inn Resort Baruna Bali 4 * - called. For 12 days-13 nights, this hotel on the site was declared as 113 thousand for two. calling. The manager Lyudmila told us that this hotel with all fuel surcharges will cost us 133 thousand rubles. Arriving on the same day in the tour company. Lyudmila said that we are flying with Qatar Airlines. Since we were going to visit this country for the first time. we were not aware that only the Transaero company flies on a direct flight. We believed Lyudmila, the more she said that she had been working in this tour company for a long time and had flown on airplanes for 8 years, working as a stewardess. We, satisfied with the purchase of the tour, believed this beautiful woman! ))). But this. Not all! we left the office, the hotel was not yet confirmed, but we had already paid 133 thousand, after 15 minutes lyudmila called us and said that the hotel was confirmed to us, but there was a problem with the tickets - only expensive tickets remained and you need to pay another $ 500. Naturally, we were upset, but we really wanted to go to this hotel. and flight we thought direct!!! ! We paid another $500. Our flight was in 4 days. Tickets were sent to us by mail in one day, as we were sure that. We are flying on a direct flight without transfers - I printed out the tickets, checking only my names and surnames. On the day of departure - at Domodedovo airport, we then realized that we were flying with 3 transfers, from Moscow to Doha. We fly 5 hours. Hanging out there for 2 hours, then we fly to Singapore for 7 hours, in Singapore for another 2 hours and 2.5 hours we fly to Bali-Denpasar. Basically, we don't speak English. We can’t ask anything, there are no Russian tourists on the plane. . . It's a pip! ! So tired!! ! Oh! ho! Ho!! ! Arrived in Bali. Catherine met us. Tour firm Sea Sun Sky. She explained that Tour Summary is working with their company. They gave me a local sim card. The next day, Ekaterina arrived in the morning and offered us several excursions, again, due to our inexperience, we agree to 3 excursions. Briefly describe everything, then we refused 2 x excursions, firstly we learned that it was expensive. For example, a safari tour for 2 people for the whole day for $ 75 per person. No lunch.... ((((. And there was another reason - Ekaterina told us about the excursion on the ship. Allegedly, it would be very fun there. Shows. DJs. Disco. Many Russian tourists, Since we were in our hotel. Almost only Russians (all other Australians and the Chinese) we agreed. Yes, we don’t mind lighting up at all. But it wasn’t there. Kind Catherine deceived us. . . ((((Arriving on the ship - we didn’t see anyone except pensioners, dancing under the lambada. True, dinner was a buffet - you can eat!! ! After that we refused the other 2 excursions. For the refusal from us, Ekaterina, well, or her company took $ 30 from each excursion.... It was a shame; I really liked everything!! ! We were also very lucky - we found a Russian-speaking local licensed guide on the Internet. He is Indonesian, born and raised in Bali. His name is Erdi! I advise all Russians! Very contractual, he drove us in his car with a driver - on excursions that Ekaterina suggested to us, for a price 2 times cheaper. Plus we could stop where we needed it!! ! I advise everyone! He is honest! Never cheated!! ! There in Bali - the locals believe in karma, so few people cheat! Here is Erdi's phone number, +6281236153791. if you're going to take a break. In Bali, you can call Erdi - he can help with the hotel and with excursions and translation. . . He helped us a lot! Taxis in Bali are not expensive. But it's better to take a blue bird and pay by taximeter. It doesn't come out very expensive. Concerning. Where to eat? ! We ate near the hotel and at the hotel. But they have everything spicy, so tell the waiter right away - But spicy!!! ! The ocean is as warm as fresh milk! And clean!! ! But the beaches are a little dirty! The weather was great! And the tan is very beautiful! We liked it in Bali, but the flight overshadowed us, Draw your own conclusions! Check tickets before departure! And do not go on excursions in groups!