Amed: Indonesia

We arrived here from Ubud via private car and decided to incorporate a sightseeing tour along the way to save cost as well as time. Below you will find the three places we stopped en route. Virgin Beach – 15,000 IDR per adult (kids were free) was the entry fee to park for the day. […]

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Ubud: Bali, Indonesia

Choosing what town we wanted to stay in here in Bali seemed so overwhelming to us. There is so much to see and do, but that also comes with many tourists all having the same idea. If you know us, you know we tend to lean away from the really busy stuff and try and […]

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Waterfalls and Temple Tour: Bali, Indonesia

After a day to recover from our interrupted sleep schedule of Mount Batur we were lined up to go on a custom tour through Bali’s interior with a fellow traveller. At 8 am we boarded the car of Chandra, a hired driver and slowly made our way out of the Ubud city limits. Our first […]

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Mount Batur: Bali, Indonesia

Our alarm rang just before 2:00 am for what others called a bad idea. We chose to do the sunrise hike up Mount Batur with our two 4-year-old girls, in the rainy season. What could go wrong? After a 30-minute drive, stop for pancake and tea, then another 20-minute drive we were ready to start […]

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Kuta: Bali, Indonesia

As the 4.5 hour flight from Cairns, Australia touches down we now found ourselves in Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia. We payed our 500,000 Indonesian Rupiah per person entry visa, cleared customs, exchanged some money and picked up a SIM card. We then jumped in a high priced but low distance taxi to Transera Kamini Legian Hotel […]

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Bali With Kids Cost Breakdown

What do you think the biggest expense is when travelling? It all depends on what kind of travel you intend to do.  For us, we are trying to stretch our budget to allow for longer travel without compromising the things we enjoy.  We stay in budget-friendly hotels that are a low-ish price point but still […]

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