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Contents
The Authors

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Getting Started

18

Itineraries

23

Snapshot

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History

30

The Culture

37

Architecture

60

Environment

68

Bali & Lombok

Outdoors

74

Food & Drink

85

Kuta, Legian &

Seminyak

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KUTA & LEGIAN

History
Orientation
Information
Dangers & Annoyances
Sights
Activities
Tours
Sleeping
Eating
Entertainment
Shopping
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
SEMINYAK
Orientation
Information
Sights
Activities

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104
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112
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115
116
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117
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Sleeping
Eating
Entertainment
Shopping
Getting There & Around
NORTH OF SEMINYAK
Kerobokan
Berewa
Canggu
Echo Beach
Pererenan Beach

South Bali
BUKIT PENINSULA
Jimbaran
Central Bukit
Dreamland
Ulu Watu & Around
Tanjung Benoa
SANUR
History
Orientation
Information
Sights
Activities
Sleeping
Eating
Drinking
Shopping
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
SOUTH OF SANUR
Pulau Serangan
Mangrove Information
Centre
Benoa Harbour
NUSA LEMBONGAN &
ISLANDS
Nusa Lembongan
Nusa Penida
Nusa Ceningan
DENPASAR
History
Orientation
Information
Sights
Walking Tour
Activities
Courses
Festivals & Events
Sleeping

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Eating
Shopping
Getting There & Away
Getting Around

Ubud & Around

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172

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UBUD
History
Orientation
Information
Sights
Activities
Walks Around Ubud
Courses
Tours
Festivals & Events
Sleeping
Eating
Drinking
Entertainment
Shopping
Getting There & Away
Getting Around
AROUND UBUD
Bedulu
Pejeng
Tampaksiring
North of Ubud
South of Ubud

East Bali

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175
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185
186
186
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200
200
200
202
203
204
204

208

Gianyar
Sidan
Bangli
History
Semarapura (Klungkung)
Around Semarapura
Sidemen Road
Pura Besakih
Gunung Agung
Rendang to Amlapura Road
Kusamba to Padangbai
Padangbai
Padangbai to Candidasa
Candidasa
Candidasa to Amlapura
Amlapura
Around Amlapura
Around Tirta Gangga
Amed & the Far East Coast
Kubu Region
Tulamben
Tulamben to Yeh Sanih

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211
211
211
212
215
215
216
219
220
221
221
224
226
230
230
232
233
234
238
238
240

Central Mountains

241

GUNUNG BATUR AREA

Getting There & Around
Trekking Gunung Batur
Villages Around
Gunung Batur Crater
Villages Around
Danau Batur
DANAU BRATAN AREA
Bedugul
Candikuning
Pancasari
Danau Buyan &
Danau Tamblingan
Munduk & Around
GUNUNG BATUKAU
AREA
Orientation
Sights & Activities
Getting There & Away

North Bali

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243
243
246
246
248
249
250
251
252
252
253
253
253
255

256

Singaraja
Around Singaraja
Lovina
West of Lovina
Pemuteran

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261
262
267
269

Lembar
Southwestern Peninsula
Senggigi
GILI ISLANDS
Gili Air
Gili Meno
Gili Trawangan
NORTH &
CENTRAL LOMBOK
Bangsal to Bayan
The Sembalun Valley
Sapit
Gunung Rinjani
Tetebatu
South of Tetebatu
SOUTH LOMBOK
Praya
Around Praya
Kuta
East of Kuta
West of Kuta
EAST LOMBOK
Labuhan Lombok
North of Labuhan
Lombok
South of Labuhan
Lombok

Directory
West Bali

271

Kapal
Pura Taman Ayun
Belayu
Marga
Sangeh
Tabanan
South of Tabanan
North of Tabanan
Lalang-Linggah
Jembrana Coast
Negara
Around Negara
Belimbingsari & Palasari
Cekik
Taman Nasional Bali Barat
Labuhan Lalang
Gilimanuk

Lombok
WESTERN LOMBOK
Mataram
Around Mataram

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275
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276
276
277
278
279
279
280
280
283
283

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286
286
291

Business Hours
Children
Climate Charts
Courses
Customs
Dangers & Annoyances
Disabled Travellers
Embassies & Consulates
Festivals & Events
Food
Gay & Lesbian Travellers
Holidays
Insurance
Internet Access
Legal Matters
Maps
Money
Photography & Video
Post
Shopping
Solo Travellers
Telephone
Time
Toilets
Tourist Information

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Visas
Women Travellers
Work

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348

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Transport

GETTING THERE & AWAY

Entering the Country
Air
Sea
GETTING AROUND
To/From the Airport
Air
Bemo
Bicycle
Boat
Bus
Car & Motorcycle
Hitching

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350
350
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353
354
354
354
355
355
356
356
360

Local Transport
Tours

Health

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361

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BEFORE YOU GO
364
Insurance
364
Recommended Vaccinations 365
Required Vaccinations
365
Medical Checklist
365
Internet Resources
366
Further Reading
366
IN TRANSIT
366
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)366
Jet Lag & Motion Sickness 366
IN BALI & LOMBOK
366
Availability &
Cost of Health Care
366
Infectious Diseases
367
Travellers Diarrhoea
370

Environmental Hazards
Womens Health

370
372

Language

373

Glossary

380

Behind the Scenes

384

Index

387

World Time Zones

394

Map Legend

396

Regional Map Contents

North Bali
(p258-9)
West Bali
(p272-3)

Central Mountains
(p242)
Ubud
(p176-7)

Kuta, Legian
& Seminyak
(p100)

East Bali
(p210)
Lombok
(p287)

South Bali
(p128)

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