In September 2015, I took a holiday in Bali, Indonesia with my boyfriend. We planned to go there because we heard about how amazing the place is.





Before we travelled there, we tried to exchange money to get Rupiahs. Unfortunately, it was so hard to exchange Thai Baht to Rupiahs in Thailand so I exchanged some pocket money to USD first since I read that USD are accepted at some shops. Then we would exchange all of our pocket money in Bali again.





When we arrived at Denpasar International Airport, the driver from the company we hired over the internet was waiting for us to pick us up to travel around Bali. However, we were too tired from the flight and asked him to only bring us to our hotel, and we changed our plan to travel tomorrow instead.





Our hotel was near Kuta Beach which is not far from the airport. The driver asked us to pay $15. We were not sure if it was too expensive for Bali but if compared with Thai prices, it would be very expensive surely.





We stayed at Satriya Cottages, a nice resort-style hotel with garden and swimming pool in a quiet location. It was also reasonably priced and we could get free breakfast.













On the first day, we tried to exchange money at a shop near Kuta Beach. We could find a lot of shops with signs showing the exchange rate and the rate of each shop was different. We tried to look for a shop with the best exchange rate but some shops showed a good rate without mentioning that the customers must pay a commission.





After we exchanged money from the shop we thought offered a good rate, we rented a motor bike to drive around. Renting a motor bike in Bali is not so expensive.





We drove to Uluwatu Temple, the closest interesting temple from Kuta Beach. However, it took around 1 hour and half to get there because we went there without navigator and we got lost many times. We had to ask the direction from local people. I was impressed of the local people here. They could speak English, offered a good help to us and they were kind. One man tried to draw a map for us.





We arrived at Uluwatu Temple around 5 p.m. but it was still full of tourists. Uluwatu Temple is perched on a steep cliff. We could get a good view of the beach here.













The weather was nicer than I had expected. At first, I thought Bali would be hot but actually it was very pleasant with nice cool winds.





After we walked around the temple, we drove back to Kuta Beach to go swimming. The sea was very cold and the waves were strong. It was a lot of fun to go swimming there.













The next day we would go sightseeing at more famous and interesting temples in Bali.









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