Tips on arriving in Bali
Arriving in Bali after a long flight here are some quick tips that might help you.
1. Wear light clothing as you will be sweating as soon as you get out of the arrivals lounge. Take a sweater with you on the plane as temperatures can drop, but be ready for sweaty temperatures in Bali. This is especially true in the wet season.
2. Don't let the pushy porters grab your bags after you pass through Customs. Your rate should be 1000-1500rp per bag, but they are hoping for much more.
3. There are ATMs in the arrivals hall and moneychangers after Customs, which are all okay.
4. Too your right as you leave the arrival hall is a taxi office 10 meters away. This is legitimate, but slightly more expensive than the usual meter rate. Still if you are coming off a 10 hour flight its nice to jump into a taxi without any nonsense.
5. To the left of the arrival hall exit is a luggage storage place.
6. The best food at the airport as far as reasonably priced food, is the Indonesian place next to the McDonalds. All the flight crews go here.
7. If you are arriving for the first time without hotel reservations and want budget options, your best bet is the Poppies Lane area. Guesthouses start around 30,000rp. Taxi drivers on a pre-paid ticket much prefer dropping you off along Jl. Kartika Plaza rather than go into Poppies Lane I or II. Don't let them. Tell them you are going into Poppies Lane.
8. Relax with a cold drink and enjoy your holiday.
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Another tip, Leave your drugs at home..!
Find a place for a couple of days, then, get the hell out of Dodge (Kuta)!!. Get up country to see the real Bali….
Come on Nick, My Father in law is a porter….
If you see Bapak I Nyoman Murda give him a big tip!!! hee hee!
G’day Nick,
I have NEVER found the porters to be pushy. They are in the norm very polite, chatty, helpful and definitely not pushy.
That’s good to hear Barrie. I actually have found them to be pushy and have try to grab my bags. Anyway The thing for newcomers to realize is the most opportune time for someone to rp you off is when you first arrive. You might not have local currency and so give them dollars, plus you are on hiloday and might have a walet full of money.
G’Day Nick,
Concede your point there mate. Many a time I have seen tourists handing over a few bucks cos they ain’t got Rupiah.
For anyone travelling to Bali, try and obtain some Rupiah in small currency (Rp5,000, 10,000) in your country (bank, money-changer) just to get over the hurdles of porters and taxis.
Another tip — make sure you know the exchange rate before you go. I found this calculator that I found extremely helpful:
Currency convertor for the Indonisian Rupiah used in Bali