Question: Get the Bali rolling

mdonley — Mon, 01 May 2006 03:09:28 -0800

I'd like some personal recommendations for villas, little hotels, or guesthouses in (on?) Bali, near Gunung Bromo, and/or Yogyakarta/Borobudur/Prambanan, and any other advice you'd like to provide about these areas.

I'm researching a trip my mom, 16-year-old brother, and I will be making to these areas in December or January. I realize that's a busy time of year in Bali, but we don't want to stay in Kuta or lie on a beach for days on end - we're more snorkeling, volcano-climbing, temple-visiting kind of people, real go-getters when we're on vacation. The northern side of the island seems more like what we're looking for, but I have no idea, really.

We'd like to spend less than $30-50 a night if possible, we'll be renting cars, and we'll be flying between Bali, Surabaya (for Bromo), and Yogya. We don't camp.

I live in Indonesia currently and while my Bahasa Indonesia is appalling, I have friends who can help me book rooms and the like.

The Lonely Planet Guide for Indonesia I've got was published in 2002, so I'm assuming most of the info in there will have changed, and the Lonely Planet Thorntree is a nightmare to wade through. I live in Bandung.

Terima kasih!

By: gimonca

gimonca — Mon, 01 May 2006 05:44:57 -0800

I'm sure you're already aware that Merapi is making rumbling noises right now, so volcano-climbing near Yogya would be out.

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