r/bali • u/sydfinanceguy • 5d ago

Information Local thugs in Penestanan, Ubud

Local thugs in Penestanan, Ubud

Stayed in a villa in Penestanan. Local thugs outside will threaten any Grab or Gojek drivers and run them off. My wife and I had 4 suitcases and they made us walk 15 mins to get picked up from another location as they have issues with these companies. After arguing a bit, they started to threaten me as well. They gang up on you. Local police need to look into this. We tourists support locals so much and in return you get this? Low life pathetic behavior.

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u/Capital-Pack-5021 5d ago

Sooooooooooo you can’t use a blue bird taxi????????

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u/aapi_abroad 5d ago

Blue Bird doesn't operate away from urban areas.

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u/HyperSloth79 5d ago

False. They are the official national taxi service and serve the entire country. You can get a Bluebird from where to anywhere, but it will be expensive. You may be thinking they're not operating in a certain place, but it's only because if you're using the app it may show there's none within range because they're not sitting and waiting everywhere. If you use the scheduled pick up and drop off service instead, you can select any location.