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Bali, Indonesia - Tips for my trip
I'm headed to Bali with my girlfriend from the 17th-23rd, and we'll be staying at the hard rock hotel in Kuta.
We're only staying for 5days, and are looking for some interesting/exciting things to check out/do. We're both fairly open minded, so just spit out anything you yourself would find entertaining. FWIW, we're both in our mid-twenties. I've done a bit of research, but would love some first hand accounts. Any and all tips/suggestions are appreciated. |
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Re: Bali, Indonesia - Tips for my trip
Ubud is awesome... but if you're only there for 5 days you might not want to leave the beach.
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Re: Bali, Indonesia - Tips for my trip
stay away from Bombs
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Re: Bali, Indonesia - Tips for my trip
Dont take drugs of any kind. This may seem obvious to you, however,us Aussies dont seem to get the point. In the last 2 years we have had(IIRC):
-1 girl doing 20+ years jail time -1 DJ facing 10+ years jail time -7 20-something's sentenced to life imprisonment -2 20-something's given the death penalty |
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Re: Bali, Indonesia - Tips for my trip
Ease into the Indonesian food as many Western stomachs need a few days to adjust. Mine included even though I'm Indonesian.
I would suggest Nero, it's a nice Mediterranean with a South East Asian flair restaurant in Kuta. Concierge should know where it is. Oh, hiring a driver might be a good idea too. and HAGGLE. Spend a morning and early PM at Monkey Forest/Jungle. There you get to feed monkeys bananas as they swarm you and try and take the ones you hid in your pocket. They're much smarter than they seem. And make sure your hats and glasses and securely fastened. Popular scam now is a trainer has his monkey steal this from you, and "heroicly" retrieves it for you by leaping through the jungle, thus receiving a nice tip/reward. Have fun! When you leaving? i'll post more as I remember them. |
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Re: Bali, Indonesia - Tips for my trip
[ QUOTE ]
Dont take drugs of any kind. This may seem obvious to you, however,us Aussies dont seem to get the point. In the last 2 years we have had(IIRC): -1 girl doing 20+ years jail time -1 DJ facing 10+ years jail time -7 20-something's sentenced to life imprisonment -2 20-something's given the death penalty [/ QUOTE ] That's intense. What about the mushroom shacks in downtown Kuta? Do they come down on people doing that or is it more pills, etc? off subject: you ever hang out at "the steps"? good times. |
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Re: Bali, Indonesia - Tips for my trip
Some were caught with heroin some with weed.
I think they come down much harder on foreigners for publicity reasons and to show the world how much they crack down on drugs. |
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