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what's going on everybody this is island hopper
tv and today we're going to talk about things to

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know when visiting bali let's do it all right
let's talk about how long to stay in bali how

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long do you need? I would say on minimum seven
days. It doesn't matter where you're coming from

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You need at least seven days here. In my opinion,
I would say anywhere between 10 to 14 if you want

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to get a good overview. But bear in mind, when you
come to Indonesia, you have 30 days on your visa

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So I would say if you can go more than two weeks,
definitely take advantage of that opportunity

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because Bali is a huge island and there's a lot
to see. And because there's so much traffic on

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Bali, it really does take time exploring all the
islands and then even going to Gili Islands or

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Nusa Panita over there if you do some island
hopping. So it really is two weeks here in Bali

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is my standard amount. If you can't do that, seven
days minimum. I wouldn't even come here unless you

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plan to do more than seven days. Now there's
something I want to talk about for the digital

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nomads in terms of internet because I know if
you can't work because you don't have internet

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that's a problem, right? Now make sure you check
the internet speeds of the resort or the hotel

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you're going to book at because if you go all
seven days at the same place and they have slow

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internet, for example, today, my hotel I'm staying
at, it's a nice hotel and everything, great price

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$35 a night, but their internet is super slow,
less than two mbps per upload or download. That's

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really slow. I mean, if you're trying to upload
a 15 minute video or do some surfing on the web

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it's going to be lagging. So keep that in mind for digital nomads. All
right, let's talk about the money situation out here in Bali. So as you know

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they use the Indonesian rupiah because this is
Indonesia. Now, the problem with the Indonesian

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rupiah is it's in the denomination of millions
and hundreds of thousands. So they'll say like

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2 million and you're like, oh man, how am I going
to put in that many zeros in the converter? So

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That's one of the challenges with the rupiah. Now, when it comes to using your card, they
do accept American Express at about 50% of the establishments in Bali, from my experience

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They do accept plenty of Visa and plenty of
MasterCard. The problem is if you have to pay cash

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Here I am on the south side of the island where Uluwatu
is, and all of these huts right here only take cash

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They don't take credit card. They don't take
debit card. So you have to have cash on you

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Now when it comes to finding an ATM, good luck with
that because the ATM situation can be pretty difficult

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especially as you get outside of Denpasar or Kuda or Ligion So keep that in mind when you out and about having some
petty cash in your pocket wherever you go because a lot of these places like here in uluwatu don really take credit

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card or debit card there are places
that do but it's hit or miss 50 percent

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all right let's talk about accommodation where
do you want to stay where you want to call your

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home base let's talk about places to stay in
bali so you have huda which is the main area

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Ligion. That's the main area right next to the
airport that most people go to. Now here, hotels

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range anywhere between $20 per night all the way
up to $200 a night. But you can find many cheap

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accommodations right here, especially in shoulder
season or even off-season. Now, if you go north of

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here, you have Seminyak, and that's another beach
that's more popular with young people. They have

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beach clubs up there. If you go south of here, you
have Uluatu. If you go really far north, you have

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Ubud. Go to the other side of the island, towards
the east side, you have Senor Beach, and then you

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go towards south, you have Nusa Dua. So those are
the main areas, but the primary place that you want

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to stay if you're looking to be around people in
the city center is going to be Kuda. Some people

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stay in Denpasar, but there's no beaches there.
All right, let's talk transportation in Bali. So as

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you can see behind me, we've got a traffic jam.
Traffic jams happen often, so when you're taking

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taxis in places like Cuda Beach or Denpasar,
expect this especially during sunset hours

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One of the ways to get around that is taking a
motorbike. You can have your own rented motorbike

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or you can contact a Grab driver to take you on
motorbike. Those are the three main ways to get

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around. So you have car, motorbike that you own
or drive or rent or a Grab motorbike driver. The

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other ways to get around are going to be by shuttle
bus and it's a lot less congested as you go further

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towards the north side of the island now when it
comes to transportation arriving on this island or

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going to other islands for island hopping like
Nusa Penita you will take a high-speed ferry or a

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speedboat so those are some other forms of
transportation they also have a bus that takes

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you from say Kuta to Ubud or from Ubud to say
Semayak or Uluwatu but again you're going to be

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stuck in traffic during that bus ride so
be ready for that there is no train here

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all right so when's the best time to visit bali if
you're looking at it from a weather perspective

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they say from october to april is the best time
of the year although it can be humid right now

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when there's sun shining it's very hot and very
humid i actually welcome the rain in situations

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like this unless i'm swimming or at a pool i'm
really liking the rain that comes in november and

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December to cool it down. They say it's also
a wet season, but that's the odd thing is that

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from October to April is considered the dry season generally so anytime could be a wet season at any time could be a
dry season in Bali In terms of holidays now in March there is a big holiday for a week where nobody goes out so you

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want to make sure you take a look at that. Also
there's Chinese New Year which can play an impact

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on Bali. So time of the year I would say the best
time is from October to April. Everything after

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that it just depends on whether or not you're
trying to avoid the rain or get the rain or get

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the sunshine or not get the sunshine. All right,
let's talk about some general facts about Bali

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It's an island nation inside of Indonesia. There's
two languages that they speak here natively

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It's Balinese and Indonesian. Also, population,
4.3 million people on this small island

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If you go towards the southwest side of the island, it's
actually where it's most populated, around Kuta, Denpasar

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and then all the way up to Uluwatu. When you arrive
in Bali, make sure you prepare for a visa on arrival

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That visa on arrival is $30 per person,
give or take, depending on if things change

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But as of right now, it's $30
per person for a visa on arrival

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You also have to fill out a customs document
and a health check before you arrive

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Make sure you have all your vaccination status up to date. all right so what
we're going to talk about now is the best places to stay on bali island when you

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come here right now i'm standing in kuda beach
this is actually just north of the denpasar

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airport but you can see we get a beautiful
uh sunset if i go just north of here i go to

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semanyak and some of the other places and beaches
up there towards tat if i go up towards the

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mountains, I get Ubud, which is more of a jungle
setting. If I go towards the other side of the

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island, I get Sanur or Nusa Dua, which are all
really amazing places to stay on Bali. So if you

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want more details on that, watch our other video
that we're going to produce from Bali in the link

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description below. Now, when it comes to food in
Bali, let's talk about some of the most common

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food you'll be encountering. Typically, it's going
to be sauté. Sauté that might be chicken or shrimp

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or beef drenched in peanut butter sauce. You could
also get nasi, which is rice, and goreng, which is

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fried. So you'll see a lot of fried rice varieties
with egg. You also will have plenty of seafood

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especially in Jimberon. And when it comes to a
seafood feast, you'll have white snapper, red snapper

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you'll have lobster, you'll have crab, you'll have clams,
oysters, so much variety when it comes to the seafood

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Oh, and cannot forget the prawns, but you'll
notice most of the seafood is drenched in sauce

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My overarching main message about the food is be willing to try some of the local cuisine but if you
not one of those people who wants to be adventurous with food there are going to be options for you that

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are relatable to Westerners or wherever you come
from because there is a diversity in food. Now

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if you're into vegetarian cuisine, there's plenty
of that available as well. There's lots of barbecue

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and then there's dessert, mango sticky rice.
There's also fried banana. So do be ready to try

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that fried banana, by the way. Enjoy all that.
Also some herbal teas. You have turmeric tea

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you have black tea, you have green tea
with ginseng. So good to go on that

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And one of my favorites when I go to Asia is chai tea. Next up, let's
talk about shopping in Bali. So one of the things that you're going to

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want to do is go shopping at one of the local
markets or the street vendors. And the reason

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that I like to do that is because the locals, this
is how they survive. This is why they welcome

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tourists from other places to visit their island
because they hope that you'll come here and spend

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money. Now, when you're at these souvenir shops
sourcing local products, you're supporting the

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shop owner, but you're also supporting the
manufacturers in the village. And this is really

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important to me because the prices are not very
expensive and to walk away from here knowing that

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you contributed to the local manufacturing and
industry here really is a positive. Some of the

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things to be on the lookout here that I would add
to your radar are going to be paintings. I like

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some of these paintings that you can put on your
wall when you get home. They can roll it up and

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put it into a tube and ship it or you can take it
with you. Also getting some shirts. I like to get

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a Bintang tank top or another shirt, t-shirt,
whatever you would like. They have swim trunks

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and then they have other souvenirs that you can get
from local artists or things that just generally

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come in handy when you're at the beach. And if
local products are not necessarily your thing

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they also have very modern malls that you'll
find in several areas around Kuda and Ligian

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I did find the malls to be
relaxing but expect Western prices

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And with all that being said I hope you guys
enjoyed all three of our videos from Bali

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We did an ultimate travel guide. We
did a 22 things to do in Bali video

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You can check the links below to get
those videos also check in the comments

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So hopefully you guys enjoy your trip to Bali
if you're considering it if you're on the fence

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I would say consider going there
for 7 to 10 days for your first time

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If you like it, you can always
extend or come back later

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So, see you guys on the next one