In the last day for our Bali trip, we woke up lately, packed our luggage and had breakfast on 9.30am (first time in year 2015 I had such late breakfast). After that, we did the early check out on 10.30am before proceeding to do the massage in Aeni Spa, which was within walking distance with Solaris Hotel (it's crazy, almost everyday we enjoyed massage, "beh tahan" since it's so cheap compared to Malaysia)
Last day in Bali
Went to Ngurah Rai Bali airport arranged by Solaris Hotel with IDR 39,000 (It's IDR 40,000 but I lacked of IDR 10,000 but Ryan, front desk staff willing to give discount for me)
Before that, we waited for BlueBird taxi (one the taxi company in Bali) to send us to airport but the telephone lines of BlueBird taxi was engaged. We were informed by Mr Kliman that BlueBird taxi has the good reputation in using certified meter. In other words, the passengers would not being "chopped" on the taxi fare. What Mr Kliman told us was same with what I did the research about the taxi companies in Bali
Furthermore, the management of BlueBird taxi implement the strict regulations to guide the behaviors of their taxi drivers. Punishments and sanctions will be conducted if they violate the established rules and regulation of BlueBird taxi.
Since they have the good reputation, other taxi companies in Bali also followed them by making their taxis look similar with BlueBird taxi (same in blue color, same car pattern). It's difficult to recognize for us. I thought the taxi we took on first night in Bali was BlueBird but it's not (we're falling into trap)
Mr Kliman taught us the best way to recognize the BlueBird taxi was the S.T.I.C.K.E.R of www.bluebirdgroup.com at the back of all the BlueBird taxis.
Around 5 minutes, we reached airport.
My first sight about the Ngurah Rai airport Bali was huge, had a lot of international flights to Hong Kong, Taipei, Perth and so on.
The Good of Ngurah Rai Airport Bali:
1. The immigration officers were so responsible in executing their task by checking every passengers with details. The officer even requested us to took off our shoes and open my luggage to see my canned Tuna that I bought in supermarket Kuta (probably the beeping sound of my canned Tuna).
2. Live singing performance by the local band group to entertain the passengers.
3. The toilet were very clean
The Bad of Ngurah Rai Airport Bali:
1. Hot climate in the arrival hall since I reached there on 2pm. My body was so sticky.
2. Flooded with tour guides that kept on promoting his tour packages by tagging along where you went. It's so disgusting until I had to tell him directly I left Bali within few hours.
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Souvenirs for family members
The Good of Bali:
1. Balinese was friendly. They will greet me although I was completely a stranger for them. It really warmed me as a foreign travelers. It's extreme different from the previous countries that I visited before.
2. Everything was so cheap and the prices were reasonable for me due to currency exchanges (RM 1= IDR 3400). Therefore, I enjoy shopping and massages most in here.
3. It's so easy to communicate with them in Bahasa Melayu. Their Bahasa Indonesia was quite similar with Bahasa Melayu.
The Bad of Bali:
1. Traffic congestion all the times. It's impossible to escape the peak hours in Bali for embarking our land tour. It totally wasted our times for exploring the tourist attractions.
2. The small roads in Bali excepts the outskirts areas in Seminyak. JoJo said it's so stress when getting around in such small roads.
The heavy traffic congestion and small roads of Bali impossible to solve by increasing the road space, but the rapid development of commercial buildings and residential houses that could be seen in the roadside caused the government needed to bear a big amount of money that cannot afford.
My humble suggestion like increase the public transportation in order to reduce the numbers of car in the road. Indirectly, it reduces the pollution level of Bali and reduce the stress level of Bali drivers, cyclists, pedestrians.
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