eHeart: Indonesia

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Indonesia - Bali

This is the top of the hotel where we stayed for 4 nights near Kuta beach.

A shopping mall.

We hired a taxi to/from Uluwatu.

Entry ticket to Uluwatu was IDR20,000.

Kecak Ramayana & Fire Dance at Uluwatu. IDR70,000 per adult.

After the show, we went back to the hotel and I discovered I left my camera in the taxi.

I prayed the driver would return my camera, as we had hired him for the next day to Ubud.

As I wished, I got back my camera.

Monkey Forest.

Paddy field at Desa PekramanTegallalang.

Tanah Lot.

Entry ticket IDR30,000.

Very cloudy, no sunset but beautiful colors light.

I took some tour brochures at Bali airport. Many tour agents with comparative prices.

I referred to their prices to hire a taxi/car, and activities.

在Bali機場，我拿了一些旅遊傳單，比較他們的價錢。包車及玩水上活動時可以参考。

For example, we went to the 'Sea Walker' experience - wearing a heavy metal helmet with an oxygen line up to the boat, and walking on the sea floor to see coral and fishes. The agent showed the price list and said it is US$70 (IDR700,000). I think because one of us is American, they have US dollar price list. I showed the brochure price is IDR400,000.

例如，我們去玩'Sea Walker'，代理員拿出單價說，US$70(IDR700,000)。我想是因為他看我們其中一人是白人，他們有特別的美金價。我讓他看傳單上的價錢是IDR400,000。

Parasailing is $20 (IDR200,000), the brochure is IDR100,000.

Why pay more?

遊客應該討價還價嗎？
(我旅遊印度時，與不熟悉的旅伴有很不同的觀念。我減價成效，那位旅伴沒說我好，我減價不成，要換他家，那位旅伴大聲說我下衰(羞恥)。
我有時是計較，有時是大方的，不過自己計劃到亞洲自助旅遊都會查看價格，比較一下。
亞洲大多旅遊業與遊客就是有這樣的討價還價惡性循環現象，一方知道對方會減價就給高價、一方知道對方給高價就減價。
其實我是不喜歡跟人討價還價的。在美國旅遊，就可省這方面，大多都是實價。