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  A TERRACED RICE GARDEN NEAR UBUD
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      A TERRACED RICE GARDEN NEAR UBUD
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  • A COLOURFUL FISHERMANS BOAT ON THE BEACH LOVINA
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  • A BALINESE DANCE MASK
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  • AN AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL BALINESE DANCER
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What’s the best time to travel to Bali?

by balisunshine

This can vary accordingto what you are looking for,or if you have a budget.First of all,April through October is dry season.So, if you are a sun worshiper,this should be taken into account.Then from mid October through March is wet season.Even though, what I have witnessed over the years is that the heavy rains are usually in November and can go through December.But it’s also at this time of the year that,you can find the highest rate of vacancies giving you the power to negotiate prices for lodging.But do exclude the Christmas and New Year holidays since,the island gets plenty of visitors from Jakarta and other Asian countries, bringing the price to Peak Season again.Sometime during April through May,there’s a lot of foreigners purchasing for production and export that come into town.Throughout June to September,booking are pretty high and especially so,during August which brings plane...

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Calling in and out of Bali

by balisunshine

When you call from abroad,the country code for Indonesia is +62.For Bali is 361, but once you get to Bali,and dail from a local phoneyou must add 0361 instead of just 361.As for hand phones,when dialing from abroad,you dail +61- then 81 or 85, etc.but once you get to Bali,and dial from a local phone,you add a 0 in front of the 81 or 85.Does this all make any sense???

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The Dynamic Currency Conversion

by balisunshine

Take a good look,at your bills when paying with a credit cardand you are chargedin a foreign currencysuch as USD or Euros.When you pay abroad with plastic,the bank or credit card companynormally converts the local currencyin which you made the transaction intoyour home billing rate,(similar to the cross rate in the Wall Street Journal)on the day before the transaction,plus a foreign exchange fee.his can vary between 2 -3%.A venue may charge you lets say,2 million IDR for a hotel room,but then they will calculate the Hard Currency rate for the room at their own exchange rate.A calculation at a rate that is often of their advantage.Sometimes it is better to negotiate the price from the beginningin the local currency.

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Bali in one tip

by kokoryko

I would summarise “my” Bali with the few pictures of this tip: the temple of Besakih, the worshippers and the Gunung Agung mountain in the background (main picture); Beaches yes, but empty ones (picture 2) with big boats floating on the ocean (haha, look close, it is a kite very complex beautiful kite made by kids in the villages); village life, rural life, respect for nature and animals like the peasant giving a bath to his cow on the roadside (picture 3); Bali, Island of Gods, but also devils and monsters like this one watching aver a banana tree grove (picture 4); the modern Bali also, adapting to modern world, and having sculptors living with their time, representing also real actual life in the low relieves of the temples.(Picture 5).So, my Bali is a mystic one (I have only a very very little Idea of the Balinese beliefs. . .and would be presumptuous to tell about), a quiet one, a...

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Sunsets on Legian beach

by austarman

Everytime I go to Bali I like to go to my friends Sammi and Suzie's beach bar late in the afternoon for a few drinks while the sunsets.You can sit with your feet in the sand with a cold one in hand and chat to fellow tourists and expats about your experiences in Bali.Meanwhile the sun is setting over the water and you have the perfect view of it all. The warm friendly people that I meet each time I go.

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Some Helpful sites.

by hayley_69

Here is a list of some websites that will be very helpful for you.www.indo.comwww.baliparadise.comwww.balidiscovery.comwww.balitravelforum.com - excellent sitewww.baliplus.com

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What beach to go to

by balisunshine

If you have never been to Bali,you might get this visual of white sandy beaches surrounding the island.Something like those of the Pacific Islands.And you probably should,since most tourist pamphlets describe Bali’s beaches such as.Don’t get me wrong,there are some beaches which are exquisite,but they may be accompanied by strong currents,or at low tide, you find yourself wading through ankle leveled water.A great description on where to go and how the beaches are there is at:Filos Bali Beaches

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Miss Bali? Want to Stay In Touch?

by Ubudian

Every Monday morning, in many thousands of computers the world over, a much anticipated, and always a pleasure to find is the weekly Bali Update produced by a great friend, John, (Jack) Daniels.Jack has been producing this weekly Bali newsletter for years, and there is no arguing that it provides the best news and information about current goings on in Bali. Registration is free and can be cancelled at any time. http://www.balidiscovery.com/update/default.asp

Climate in Bali

by hayley_69

Bali has only a two season change which is the dry season and the wet season, unlike other countries Bali doesnt not have a Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter.The dry season is from April to September, the dry season hardly has any rain and if it does it will only be a little 5 minute shower in the late afternoon or night time.Wet season if from October to March, alot of people call the wet season in Bali as the Monsoon season which i think it totally not relevent. Bali is no were near a monsoon season it does not rain every day non stop 27/7, but it does rain and it can rain every day but not very often usually in the wet season it only rains of up too 5-10 minutes each time, its not a very long rain shower. But yes it still does rain more then the dry season.Bali is very humit and if your a person who sweats alot then you will sweat alot here also, they have a breeze but not enough to...

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Electricity in Bali

by hayley_69

Like every country in the world we all have different electicity plugs and voltage. Bali's hotels mostly use and have 220 Volt power.The type of plus you need is a two pronged parallel pinned plug, check out picture to see which one.Make sure you have one as you will not be able to use your own power operated utilites eg: hairdryer, electric toothbrush etc etc.Also when you are purchasing a plus for Bali make sure you go to a well known travel show that supplies good plugs, if you get a cheap plug it might end up bursting into fire or burning the plug as this has happened to use before as the Bali plug was not good enough.

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Q:  How safe is it to travel around Bali? 

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A: "Safe"? Bali is very safe, as safe as any other part of the world at this point in time. We've been to Bali twice after the bombings and have never felt anything but... 

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