Saturday, June 07, 2008
Bali Indonesia
I just got to Bali Indonesia by traveling overland taking cheap flights trains and buses from Phnom Penh to Bali. I would like to say that all of the trip was good but there were some sections that were very tiring. The biggest problem was my expectations of what I was signing up for and to be fair their representations were geared towards getting me to sign up for there trips.
On the sleeper train from Jakarta to Surabuya I was expecting that the overnight sleeper would be a berth instead it was a chair that reclined slightly. The other one that there was a misunderstanding again I don't feel that I was entirely at fualt as I did ask alot of questions was on the bus to Bali from Surabuya I bought a first class wxcutive seat and was totally crowed and over booked I made sure to ask how many seats 31 which was the number of seats but they also had people sitting in the isles which they did not tell me would be the case and in addition they also had lots of extra baggage that was in the isles aswell further making the trip to the bathroom a real pain to do.
in looking at the costs afterwards that it would have been just about as expensive to take a cheap flight from Bangkok or singapore to Bali I would have saved a few days and the cost would have been roughtly the same when you added in hotels and taxis and mini buses betwenn the various conviencances.
Below some pictures from the trip.
Please see our other blog Cheap Charlies Hotels Asia Blog
On the sleeper train from Jakarta to Surabuya I was expecting that the overnight sleeper would be a berth instead it was a chair that reclined slightly. The other one that there was a misunderstanding again I don't feel that I was entirely at fualt as I did ask alot of questions was on the bus to Bali from Surabuya I bought a first class wxcutive seat and was totally crowed and over booked I made sure to ask how many seats 31 which was the number of seats but they also had people sitting in the isles which they did not tell me would be the case and in addition they also had lots of extra baggage that was in the isles aswell further making the trip to the bathroom a real pain to do.
in looking at the costs afterwards that it would have been just about as expensive to take a cheap flight from Bangkok or singapore to Bali I would have saved a few days and the cost would have been roughtly the same when you added in hotels and taxis and mini buses betwenn the various conviencances.
Below some pictures from the trip.
Please see our other blog Cheap Charlies Hotels Asia Blog
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