Family Recreation
- Safe Beaches for children.Sanur beach is a safe beach largely surrounded by a reef that protects the beach from waves. Also Gerger beach at Nusa Dua is a popular family Beach for those who live in the area.
- Pools. The Bali Hyatt JL. Danau Tamblingan, Sanur charges 75,000 per person for towel hire and use of their pool. It has a kiddie pool, a pool with a shallow end and a deep end. You can also hire pembantu (helper) who speaks English to look after children.
- The Hard Rock Hotel in Kuta, charges 100,000 to use their swimming pool plus a 50,000 towel deposit - fully refundable. It has a sand bottom of pool, great slides for the kids, great music and is the biggest hotel pool in Southeast Asia.
What’s the 411
- Dial 108 for Telephone Directory Service in English.
- 113 Fire Brigade
- 119 Ambulance|
- 110 Police
- 115 Search and Rescue Office
- 123 for the electricity bill, due before the 20th of the month.
- 147 for reporting phone problems, also billing info.
- 103 for the correct local time.
- 109 for total of phone bill.
Starting Up
We’ve collected some useful websites, organizations, and names of free publications that can help you find tons of info as you begin to set up in Bali. Of course, networking is also a fun, fast way to find out all sorts of information, so just grab one of the other friendly Moms or Dads and ask your questions.
Useful Websites about Bali
http://www.expat.or.id/info/bali.html
Publications
Bali has two very useful Expat- style newspapers, The Bali Advertiser and the BaliSun. Both of these publications are free and are distributed in various shops, hotels and the BIS school office. The Jakarta Post can be delivered daily for RP. 120,000 per month. Tel.#226936. Other newspapers can be purchased at major intersections from paperboys