Bali: Things Remembered

As part of the Best of Bali Survey (please participate if you haven't - we would really appreciate it) that we are conducting, we ask the participants to mention: Five things about your Bali experience that simply burst into your head as you travel down memory lane to fill in this survey.

Here is what they say (in no particular order; names of the respondents not displayed - if you have participated and you would like your name to appear here, please let us know...):

Things Remembered of Bali

  • The friendly and religious Balinese
  • Bintang Beer and Margaritas
  • Fantastic fruit breakfasts
  • Crystal clear water
  • Still true to nature - not touched by man and commercialism
  • Climb of Mount Agung
  • Pura Luhur, on a promontory on the South coast
  • Penelokan-Gunung Batur
  • Gunung Kawi
  • View of the canyon from Ubud's banyan tree
  • Wood carvings & paintings
  • Padi fields
  • Cheap & good food
  • Nice people
  • Hellicopter ride for a whole day a must to see the country!
  • Hire a sailboat and crew and sail off to beauty and peace!
  • Get a guide who will take you around to the best.
  • Talk to the people everywhere, they are the second nicest in the world.
  • Lay back and love your mate, relax, eat, see, and be happy.
  • Eating dinner at the Pasar Senggol in Kuta - really delicious and cheap
  • Being pulled over by the police in Amlapura and then interrogated ( a "routine check " !)
  • Dolphin watching in Lovina very early in the morning
  • Mushroom omelettes
  • Having Babi Guling on Galungan
  • Beautifull people
  • Easy going lifestyle
  • Very nice weather
  • Magnificent scenery
  • Magic...
  • The friendly people
  • The beautifull beach
  • The weather
  • The food
  • The excellent bungalow
  • Interhash 1988
  • Hospitality of local officials
  • Hotel and restaurant service
  • Patry atmoshpere
  • Beauty and solitude of the land
  • Cultural experiences at the Puri Lumbung Cottages in Munduk
  • Snorkeling at Menjangan Island and Sanur
  • Kecak and Wayang Kulit in Ubud
  • Observing a Cremation Ceremony
  • The helpfulness of our guide
  • The funeral procession we joined & cremation we watched in a roadside field in the country; we were welcomed and embraced.
  • Selamat pagi! The shy warmth of the lovely Balinese people, especially when we rode the bemos.
  • The elegant, elaborate dances & costumes; especially the graceful & beautiful little girls
  • Magical chiming of the gamelan orchestra on perfumed evening breezes
  • Offerings of flowers & fruit along roads in early morning, and the cacophony of cocks crowing before sunrise!
  • Monkey Forest
  • Woodcraft
  • Scenery
  • Fabulous people
  • Beautiful music
  • Great food
  • Lovina Beach - great sunsets
  • Mas, woodcarvers' village
  • My Balinese wife, our courtship and our son
  • My 16 "adopted" children
  • Cremation ceremonies in the street
  • Very friendly people
  • Makan siang (lunch) at Lake Batur
  • Very bad roads in the villages
  • People are always smiling
  • Undoubtably the most friendly people in the world
  • Natives always smiling
  • Little technology but the most civilized society i've known
  • Beauty of the children, impressively well behaved
  • No native drunks,drug abusers, etc. only tourists indulge.
  • Simple Life Styles
  • Rice Paddies
  • Friendly Smiles & People
  • Inexpensive Land Transportation
  • Good Inexpensive Local Foods & Interesting Daily Rituals
  • Friendly smiley faces of the Balinese (& marriage proposals!)
  • The very cheap & delicious meals
  • Beautiful hot weather - long sunny days
  • The scrawny hyena type dogs all around the streets
  • The friendly people
  • The beautiful terraced rice paddies, Ulu Watu, Klung Klung, the holy snake and the bat caves
  • The dance drama performances in temples everywhere
 

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