Bali Travel Tips For Beginners (part 3)

Bemo

What the Vehicles ?

Public transportation in Bali like bemo is relative hard to found, the little armada and the hour is not fix If you experienced about it in Bali, bemo and Trans Sarbagita indeed the best choices.

But if this your first experience, it's better if you rent a car. The car choice is various to offer. The cheapest ranged from Rp. 200.000 is include with the driver without fuel fee. The prices
depend on the kind of the car.

The best if you rent the car with its driver, besides time saving also will not get lost in the way. You can receive recomendation about option of tourism spots and food centers.

One thing you have to remember, rent car with its driver in Bali is for only 10 hours, if exceed it so you will charged extra fee per hour. To find this car rental is so easy, you can reserve it by online.

The other way to find car rental in the airport or nearby your staying places. Every car rental usually set prices not much different. But it's better if you doing some survey to get the best price.


Another choice is motorcycle rental, but it's rather difficult if you don't know the way. It can be by ojek    (moto-taxi). Negotiate its price to take you around all day long. Ojek is a best option if you touring for your own.

Taxi can also become another option to take you from airport to hotel or the opposite. Taxi in Bali relatively save, include local taxi. Choose metered taxi, you can take the advantage from shuttle car facilites from your hotel.

Nasi Jinggo (http://www.wisatakulinerbali.com)

Culinary

The cheap one or the expensive, Indonesian local cooking or world wide culinary, all can be found in Bali. But be careful if you looking for halal food. The most save way, just find Padang restaurant or bakso. You can ask it first to the restaurant officials about halal food.


Jalan Raya Tuban and Jalan Tuku Umar is the most famous of its national culinary and halal food. Try  also typical Bali cooking like nasi Jinggo which like in Yogyakarta.


The content just rice, tempe, chopped chicken and sambal (traditional hot sauce). It's definitely halal and the price is cheap, just Rp. 2.000, but it's not enough if just one.




What if we step on Banten?

Banten of Sesajen

Banten or sesajen is in a form of flower and other presents for God, formed in  canang sari (containers made from woven coconut leaves) usually put in front of enter doors and places which often passed by peoples. It risen a question, what if we accidentally step on it?


Actually, it's no problem if accidentally happen, if you step it in front of the place owner or the banten placed, just said "maaf" (sorry).


It's better if you walking, avoid them, dont even you purposely step on it. Just the same, when you visiting pura or sacred place of local peoples.






source :  http://travel.kompas.com/read/2012/03/31/05065151/