Doesn't that look relaxing? But more on that picture later.All was smooth sailing today. We took the earliest flight (6.30 am) and got to Bali at roughly 10 am, right in time for brunch. Our hotel is quite isolated so we decided to rent a motorbike in town which was really the best thing we could have done because;
1.) motorbikes are awesome!
2.) we are not reliant on finding and catching taxis
3.) with so much construction going on in Bali at the moment, we flew through the traffic
So we stuffed our hand luggage in between the motor and the seat and off we went whizzing around the island. The only problem we came across was getting stopped over by a group of police on the way to Uluwatu for no apparent reason. One asked for our licence (which we don't have an Indonesian motorcycle licence) and we were already groaning and moaning at the thought of forking over money to pay the police. We both answered "ada apa?" and I think they were so surprised to hear Marcel speak bahasa that they quickly changed their tune and asked "where are you going?" then sent us on our way, whew!
We got to our hotel and it was a great choice I have to say! We didn't want to leave the pool really so we spent the majority of the afternoon til sunset just hanging out.
Note: we hired the motorcycle for 50rp a day with a 100rp deposit in which we got back when we are done with it. This is the local rate because we got a friend, who is part Indonesian to ask for prices in Bahasa, I think for westerners/foreigners it would be more expensive.
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