Blogs from Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 53

There's something about morning flights. Specifically, there's the feeling of anguish as you go to bed the night before wondering if you will doze off and sleep through the buzz of the alarm clock. And having to get up at five sure adds to the tension. All is well though, I check out in good order and after a nervous short wait in the street manage to flag down a taxi. Today's haul is a mere four hours, and it feels good knowing they will be spent in the hands of a respectable airline, even though the added comfort comes at the price of being far from exotic. The wide body is mainly filled with western tourists, and upon landing at Ngurah Rai we are herded into two lots, those qualifying for a Visa on Arrival, ... read more

This journal will cover the night of June 17-19. Ah Bali, Paradise as they say. Well our first experience in Bali was getting off the plane onto the runway, not a large tube directly connected to the airport, but onto the runway. Then we were transported from there in a bus to the airport. This is a very small airport, but I believe it was created just to accomodate the flood of tourists into Bali. I also lost my cell phone in this airport because they did not have plastic bins to place your valuables in as they are x-rayed, so I placed my black cell phone on the black conevor belt and never saw it again. Another interesting note: one of the night clubs in Kuta beach was bombed in 2002, with this in mind ... read more

Eastertime in Bali showed me that the bali bombing didn't outwardly seem to affect the happiness of the people here. All cars are constantly checked for bombs however. But extra security is all good with me.... read more

Bali is one of my favourite travel destinations, dear reader. This Australian tourist mecca on the Indonesian archipelago is only a seven hour flight from Sydney, and the first five hours are spent flying over the mighty Australian continent. Friends from home decided to have their wedding ceremony in Bali, and I was privileged to be invited at what turns out to be my second flight to Bali as a wedding guest. I've visited the magical island several times, but this was the first time since the Bali bombings in 2002. On arrival I paid my respects at the memorial to the victims in Kuta, built just across the road from the remains of the two clubs that were totally destroyed in the terrorist attack. I spent some time alone reflecting on the huge loss of ... read more

Well this has probably been my favourite holiday ever! The first day will go down in my personal history as the greatest night out ever! We fly out of Sydney and headed to Melbourne (for some reason our flight went via there??) at 9am I bought the first of what would become MANY rounds. He hopped back on the plane bound for Denpasar. There was many beverages consumed on the course of the 6 hour flight. So many in fact that they even refused Adam a scotch... for a while. After we land we were keen to get in amongst the Bali action. After being dropped off at our hotel, The Barong, Kuta, we headed straight across the road to a restaurant and got 2 large bottles of BINTANG!! (Gotta love that BEER) we had a ... read more