hey everybody are you thinking about going to Bali you'll absolutely love it
if you do go but there are some things you shouldn't do when you go stick
around for the last two they're really important especially if you have kids
that's right
when traveling to the countries we all have our worries Bali is one of the
safest countries we've ever been to although every country is different so
here are 9 don'ts of Bali you need to know
so first don't use an unmarked taxi when you're there you'll get approached by a
lot of people asking you if you want to ride and it could either be scams or you
could end up paying a lot more money than you should yeah you're gonna want to use
the Bluebird taxi this is the most reputable taxi organization in Bali by
far there is a lot of imitation taxis up there they'll have similar colors
similar logo so you want to use them and they'll approach you out of nowhere but Bluebird
taxis won't approach you plus they have an app that you can use
so you could guarantee to get the right taxi and again even with Bluebird I
would ask them to turn on the meter to get the fairest price yeah and the only
problem is that they don't come to the airport so you're gonna have to use a
taxi or unmarked car there a good price is about $20 to get pretty much anywhere
from there our cab driver is going back because he missed the spot
you don't like this no I'm so scared were going to get hit
second don't drink the tap water there if
you travel to third-world countries you all probably already know this but
you're gonna have to buy bottled water or bring your own filter and it's really
hot and humid there so you'll need tons of water wherever you go most hotels and
resorts actually have the large juts of water and you can just bring your own
water bottles and fill them up which I recommend less plastic less waste
so third don't eat at any street food place you want to do your research you
gotta be picky make sure you eat at places that are busy or have been
recommended to you ya and you can look for recommendations on yelp ask other
tourists or get some ideas from the locals exactly you don't want to end up
with Bali Bali which is another name for travelers diarrhea yep you don't want that
so we're gonna eat here for less than 8 dollar's Canadian I know its street food cafe kind of ya basically good food though yep
forth don't assume you can get money like you can back at home the problem is the banks
will automatically block your bank card when you get there so you won't be able
to withdraw money until you call them so you have to tell him when you go there
we're trying to get money out of the bank machines here and every tourist here
is having problems nobody can get money plus once you're unblocked only 50% of
the machines actually work yeah exactly and also many ATMs on the streets will
have skimmers installed these are things that steal your bank information
ultimately your money what you want to do is you want to use actual designated
banks there or even busy convenience stores where there's lots of traffic and
less likely to have the skimming machines installed yeah and you don't
want that happening to you no
fifth don't wear skimpy clothing to temples
there's a very conservative dress code there yeah wear clothing that covers
your shoulders your arms and your legs you'll have to wear a sarong if you go
there for both men and women we're entering the elephant temple and I get to wear a
sarong what do you think pretty nice hey I suit dresses well and if you don't
have one you can usually rent them there at the temples yes
if you're a woman and you have your period do not go to the temples there's
signs there saying you can't go in if you're menstruating not sure why but
don't do it that's some interesting rules there the sixth thing you don't
want to do is eat western food you're in a foreign country eat the locals cuisne
its so good there
I'm going to try the Luwak espresso coffee from that animals bum yep they eat the beans poo it out and
make coffee so here we go cheers everybody
taste like any other espresso honestly does it yeah
Balinese food is so amazing and super cheap visit local cafes called warungs
and you can feed a family of four for as little as ten bucks depending on where
you go yeah and the popular dishes there are Mie Goreng and Nasi Goreng which are
fried noodles and fried rice dishes with a little bit of meat vegetables added so
good and its good for even kids who are picky eaters yeah and you know what if you
want a Western fix we actually found a place that had smoothie bowls and it was
so good so western food local food all good I think we found our favorite place to
eat in Bali what's the name of the restaurant Smorgas Cafe its got like amazing smoothies
bowls and good Indonesian food good food check it out so the seventh thing is to
avoid hawkers that approach you and say that you've won something like a free
night stay or or prizes or something like that I just want to avoid these
people altogether they're very friendly and very persistent yeah this actually
did happen to us they said we want a free night stay and they wanted to take
us somewhere in a car okay free transport to drive you there ok
just nearby and we thought this is a red flag and this is some sort of scam
hopefully it wasn't a kidnapping at that but you definitely don't want to be
doing this no absolutely not and they'll approach
you like either the minute you walk out of your hotel or you're walking down the
street just be very persistent and just say politely say no thank you
and keep walking I don't know if they're trying to scam us or not but it felt like
the timeshare people in timeshare you think it was timeshare people yeah I
think was timeshare where they like waste half your day and you only have so much
time the eighth thing you don't want to do is pet any stray cats or dogs although
you might be tempted to do this but most of the animals there aren't very
friendly they may have rabies exactly only pet
the animals that look clean well taken care of or with the owners and the
owners say that it's okay to do that one of the resort's that we stayed at had a
friendly cat that our daughter got the pet and play with so it was okay there
we felt totally comfortable the nineth thing is do not feed the monkeys in Bali
or show your belongings there's a place in ubud called monkey forest that you
can visit going the Monkey Temple yes and gonna see some of Jaden's family
No its my family
and your family and Maelle's family she's a monkey too ha ha ha
keep your belongings in your car and don't bring in any food yeah the monkeys are very
cool to watch but they can be very aggressive at any time you do not want
to get bit by them because they are known to carry rabies
although the monkeys are said to be vaccinated at them the Monkey Forest but
you never know I know you never know and if a monkey jumps on you or puts its
little hands in your pockets where is he there you are how you doing
ohhhh dad ha ha ha ha
you going through my pocket stay calm keep walking
do not react and just until it loses interest in you do not freak out
otherwise there's a chance of getting bitten yeah we had no problems with the
monkeys but we did see people have problems absolutely how's your day going oh
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