{"id":102,"date":"2008-03-29T05:00:41","date_gmt":"2008-03-29T05:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/bali-indonesia\/"},"modified":"2008-03-29T05:00:41","modified_gmt":"2008-03-29T05:00:41","slug":"bali-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/bali-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Bali, Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/CIMG4060.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Bali<\/span> is the small island offering beaches, partying surfing and Hindu culture, set amidst the massive Muslim <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/blog\/bali-reptile-park-and-bali-bird-park-ubud-bali-indonesia\/\">Indonesian<\/a> archipelago.<\/p>\n<h2>Things to do in Bali<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/kuta-bali-indonesia\/\">Kuta<\/a> &#8211; Party and surfing central.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/ubud-bali-indonesia\/\">Ubud<\/a> &#8211; Stunning ricefield paddies surround this arty town near Bali&#8217;s centre.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/gili-islands-lombok-indonesia\/\">Gili Islands<\/a> &#8211; whilst actually off the coast of Lombok, the Gili Islands are easily reached by boat from Bali.<\/li>\n<li>Temples &#8211; Most of Bali&#8217;s temples are Hindu, but there are some Buddist temples and remains. Ulu Watu near Kuta is impressive as is Gunung Kawi near Ubud.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Getting around Bali<\/h2>\n<p>Local <i>bemo<\/i> mini-buses are the regular form of transport around the island. You can pretty much flag one down anywhere and jump on. Large backpacks can be a problem and tourists are notoriously overcharged.<\/p>\n<p>There are several reputable and popular tourist bus companies. Perama are good and offer professional reliable services to all of Bali&#8217;s popular destinations, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/gili-islands-lombok-indonesia\/\">Gili Islands<\/a> off the coast of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/lombok-indonesia\/\">Lombok<\/a>, to which they run their own direct boat service.<\/p>\n<p>You can rent a car\/mini-bus and driver for around IRP200,000 for 6 hours. Long distance trips will cost more because of fuel.<\/p>\n<p>Scooters are the best ways of exploring Bali. They cost around IRP40,000 per day plus fuel which is very cheap. You need a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/internation-driving-permit\/\">International Driving Permit<\/a> , so get one before you leave home. Driving without one attracts a hefty fine, if you get stopped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bali is the small island offering beaches, partying surfing and Hindu culture, set amidst the massive Muslim Indonesian archipelago. Things to do in Bali Kuta &#8211; Party and surfing central. Ubud &#8211; Stunning ricefield paddies surround this arty town near Bali&#8217;s centre. Gili Islands &#8211; whilst actually off the coast of Lombok, the Gili Islands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.itravelabout.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}