Blogs from Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 33

We got mugged off yesterday by a guy that said if we went and listened to a guy chat about holiday for 1 hour we would earn him $50 to feed his family, when we got there it we were so hung over I did not want to be their and the guy chatted shit about time share. It took us around 2 hours to get away. So today we are enjoying our FREE water park tickets so into the taxi we jumped, and this must be the smallest water park I have ever seen, there were only about 7 slides open but we made the most of the day. We bumped into a couple of guys that are staying at our hotel and they were soaping there backs up then going down the fast steep ... read more

Well today we headed to the airport for our 1st holiday together, we arrived at the airport to be told we had a 4 hour delay thank god Jay's mum only lives around the corner she came and saved us for a while. We landed in Kuta at around 1:30pm and headed straight out onto the strip to see what was happening, we stopped at a 24 hour bar called piggies and drank until 4am then back to the hotel room to put on my bikini and then went for a dip in the pool bar until the sun came up. We took a walk around town could not belive how busy the streets are. You can not go 5 steps without being pestered to buy something, I made the mistake of telling the people out ... read more

Ja niin sita viedaan viimeista paivaa Balilla. Erittain haikein mielin tulemme huomenna jattamaan Balin taaksemme. Aika on mennyt kuin siivilla, eika minkaanlainen kyllastyminen ole ollut lahellakaan. Turistien paljous ei ole juurikaan haitannut, silla Bali ei viela onneksi ole niin suuressa pakettimatkasuosiossa, joten ihmiset ovat jokseenkin samanhenkisia matkaajia. Joten hyvin mielin voin suositella Balia kaikille, varsinkin surffauksesta kiinnostuneille. Kuta Beachilla on aloittelijoille ja amatooreille sopivat aallot, ja mika tarkeinta, hiekkapohja. Meikalainenkin olisi kuollut jo muutamaan otteeseen jos pohja olisi ollut korallia. Jos tulette Balille, alkaa ottako 50 dollarin surffikurssia, vaan vuokratkaa lauta, ja jos silta tuntuu, laudan vuokraaja opettamaan. Beach boyt ottavat muutaman tunnin kurssista 10-15 dollaria, ja opetus on varmasti tehokkaampaa kuin perussurffikurss... read more

"Welcome to Bali sir. Please enjoy your stay." As the customs officer waved me on with this friendly greeting and a smile (as all of the other "officials" had) I was headed off into the night in a new country. The heavy tropical air (even much more than Singapore interestingly enough) hit me like a freight train, and I saw a very developed "tourist destination" ahead of me. I had no agenda and an open mind. Lodging was foremost on my mind, and I had no idea where to begin. "Fortunately" (or not) there were more than enough people to "assist me" in finding accommodation in Kuta. My desires to hit the streets and walk into Kuta on foot were dashed by an aggressive "taxi mafia" whom nearly blocked the street with their taxis and could ... read more

One of the quirks of the Australian immigration service is that if you want to stay longer than your initial visa, they want you to spend some of your money in a different country for a while rather than just letting you pay a fee to them. Seems a bit stupid to us but that’s how we ended up in Bali for a week. We’ve always had an image of Bali as a sort of Benidorm for Aussies, cheap beer and t-shirts, and its never really been on our list of must-see destinations. It is however the easiest place to get to from Australia, especially from Darwin, only a two and a half hour flight away. We flew with Garuda Indonesia, an airline with such a dodgy safety record that its actually banned from flying over ... read more