In Reply to: 1985 and Why We Love Bali posted by Roden on Saturday, 18. June 2005 at 16:21 Bali Time:
for sharing this special story with us, and for stirring up some fond memories of my own.
My first trip was in 1981, and you're right, it's a different Bali today (though equally as wonderful).
Like you, my first real family holiday with my kids was in Bali. As a single parent it's been hard to extend the budget to include family getaways, but years of persistant saving meant I could finally afford to take the kids somewhere - and as crazy as it seems, it was cheaper for us to go to Bali (when you factor in food costs, etc) that travel within Australia, so Bali it was, and the result, some of my best memories ever!