hired a car and driver yesterday. headed north to the mountains. stopped at a couple of famous old temples, Taman Ayun at Mengwi then Ulun Danu at Lake Bratan near Bedugul. From there we headed west to Munduk. Stopped at a lovely waterfall. About 800metres hike down and a harder 800 metres up again. Drove home through the rice paddies. finished the day at Tanah Lot temple for sunset. We saw the sun going down, but not sunset due to cloud. then we came home with all the other tourists in a traffic jam.
it was great to see some open land. there is a lot of urban sprawl along the roads. country roads were narrow and windy. we paid $80 for driver and car for 12 hours and 200km. got charged for parking everywhere we stopped - 20 to 50 cents. also paid to enter temples - 2 to 5 dollars each.
today we have lazed around the pool, had a foot massage - $5 for an hour including tip. food prices vary greatly depending on where you eat, but we can easily eat for $10 for the two of us.
