Bali, Indonesia
Since following the terrorist attacks of
September 2001 fewer tourists come to
Bali and there are fewer tourists during
the rainy season anyway, people get
less in tips and earn less money generally.
But the locals working in the service
industries need to grasp that when
there are only 30 % of the usual tourist
numbers, those 30 % won’t give 100
% of the usual tips.
After
changing money at
the bank at the airport,
you’ll find the exit to the
left of the bank. If you
turn right outside the exit,
you’ll find after about 25
metres a booth where
tickets for taxis are sold.
I’d recommend to buy a
taxi ticket here because
as a newly arrived tourist
you don’t know the going
taxi fares. On your way
from the ticket booth to
the taxi – you need to cross the street
to get to the car park – you should take
care of your luggage yourself same
as before. To get cash in the local currency,
I think it’s easiest to use credit
cards. In order to avoid queuing at the counter,
get your money from a cash machine.
Newly arrived travellers who enter
the Galleria shopping centre at Nusa Dua
near the Bank Mandire shouldn’t be
discouraged by the cash machine there
since it doesn’t accept foreign credit
cards.
Go past the bank and enter the shopping
centre, turn left at the next street, and
next to the “Uluwata Boutique”,
there’s a small “credit card
booth”. Another one is
located between the Putri Bali
and the Hilton, somewhat
hidden away on the street
beginning towards the back
of the Titan you can see on
the left. Incidentally, this is a
god guarding the intersection
and keeping order, symbolically
depicted by his struggle with a
snake. Almost every intersection
and bridge has a god responsible
for safety and order. Based on my experiences
of the Balinese way of driving, I think
the gods here are quite busy. If you
want to stay in touch with people at home, this is
best done by email. But you should
go to an Internet café. Hotels, for example,
demand 5 US dollars for the first 10
minutes (minimum), and after that 2 US dollars for
every 5 minutes or part thereof. My
recommendation: if at the roundabout you can see
above in the photo, you go in the opposite
direction from the place I’ve taken the photo
from, i.e. towards the back of the
photo, after about 200 metres you’ll find at the
intersection with the place of offerings
in the middle behind the temple the St@r.Net
Internet Station: up to 10 minutes
5,000.00 Rp, up to 60 minutes 10,000.00 Rp etc.
And by the way, if you use your mobile
to call Germany, you pay more than € 6.00 per
minute.
© Copyright Dieter Klinkhammer
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Last Date Modified of german page: March 30th 2002 ,
english translation published: June 28th 2003
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