Jimbaran is south of Bali and Cute airport. Once Jimbaran was a conventional tiny fishing village. All began to change in the 1980s, when tourists began to ride slowly. And today, Jimbaran is experiencing a tourism boom, though, it is worth noting, yet not to the extent that Kut or Legian. In Jimbaran, several five-star world-class hotels, very expensive, but very luxurious, but there are several hotels with reasonable prices.
There is practically no cheap. And for those who can afford large spent, lackers villas on the hill in the bay. These accumulations of expensive villas even called "Beverly Hills Bali" or "Millionaire's Row" (translated approximately as "Millionaire Streets").
Jimbaran Bay with pleasant white sand beaches and very secure for bathing conditions. Fish restaurants on the beach stand in three rows, and in general, dinner in such a romantic restaurant with candles and under the noise of the surf - favorite tourist entertainment.
And in Jimbaran there is a College of Directory, where about 500 students are studying (they study sports discoclinic, philosophy, culture, economy and journalism). College is located in Kedonganan, next to Sari Segara Resort and Jl Bantas Kau Street. Curious!
In Jimbaran, a greater number of chic stores, but there is almost no nightlife here, oddly enough. This is the main advantage in comparison with noisy crowdes and seminy. In addition, to the main cultural attractions of the Central Bali hand to submit practically. Here is another plus.
If the question is worried about, in what language they speak Jimbaran, do not worry - in English they speak all hotels. Still they would not speak English, in such a tourist town! In some hotels they speak European languages, and in some places - even in Russian (or local staff, or our compatriots work there). In any case, before the trip it would be nice to learn a couple of phrases in English (and even better - on Indonesian. You can not imagine how it will expand your horizons!). As in any civilized resort, there are no problems with the Internet there. Wi-Fi is available in 98% of the village hotels, and mostly free. True, he is not equally good everywhere. And not everywhere they can take advantage of your room.
About the attitude of local residents to tourists, too, nothing bad to say. Personnel in hotels is usually helpful and friendly (with rare exception, because everything can not be perfect). Of course, you can heat you here too, for example, on the market, tourists sell goods sometimes twice as expensive than local residents. But this is perhaps generally everywhere. And so - this is not Egypt to you, where Mafia is literally at the state level. Although on the other hand, in some places, sellers are as actively, "pushing" everything is in a row, ranging from toys, kites to clothes. They can be quite annoying, so be patient, trying to get rid of them.
It is worth being attentive in the restaurant, especially when you order seafood (as a rule, the price is indicated by the price for a certain weight of the dish). So, you need to negotiate in advance with the waiter. If not, then you will definitely vollize more, and no longer rejected from paying for yummy.
Well, in general, in Jimbaran quite safe. Of course, the trouble did not go around and this paradise. The fact is that in October 2005, the militants of the Islamist group (there are suspicions, some of the group was concrete, but these are only suspicions) in the peaceful village of terrorist acts - blew two cafes (by the way, almost immediately cafe in Kuta) . With a fairly large number of victims, unfortunately. Three militants died during the attack. Of course, the Indonesian government was immediately activated and the problem was settled if possible. In general, since then nothing has happened, and the flow of tourists soon resumed in full. Of course, you never know what can happen to you on the trip, but after that case the security control of the island has increased significantly. Bali, in general, terribly calm place, but unfortunately, becoming a victim of several crazy people in the recent past, maybe, and spoiled a reputation, but no one remembers about it today.
If it happened that you need to fly to Jimbaran one (this part of the article is for a beautiful gender). Bali, as a rule, is quite safe for girls traveling on their own. Moreover, much safer other parts of Indonesia, for example, Jakarta. So, for single travelers there are no special tips - everything is the same as if you traveled to the company.
Well, except that, the most common rules: carefully talking with unfamiliar people, not to issue personal information (well, the passport at the reception will have to give anything) and all that. Be kind to people who serve you, feel free to let the tips (this is a normal practice here), but do not show the wallet, full of money and should not blame the jewelry in front of everyone. Taxi is also not a problem in Jimbaran. You can order a car with a reception, if very scary. But you can catch on the street. The main thing is to know where you are going and better follow the map so that it does not make extra kilometers in an attempt to earn more money. Do not leave your things unattended on the beach, well, and anywhere. It is better to wear a passport with you. Swimwear and Bikini are perfect for the beach and the hotel, but I recommend dressing more modestly when you walk in the city (especially if you go on a tour of the temples and other religious objects).
Since there are no particular clubs in Jimbaran, so, and the crowd of drunk teachrs here is also not particularly no (all at the hotel, hehe). Well, if we went to the bar alone, we just have a head on my shoulders: do not drink alcohol on an empty stomach and do not blame in stupid situations.
In addition, if you are afraid to move alone in the village (well, in the island), you can always be written off on the forums with local exhibitions, which will gladly help you get comfortable and not so scary with them.
Here is such a beautiful and safe Jimbaran!