In Reply to: JBR: 23 years between visits posted by travfam on Sunday, 22. July 2007 at 14:41 Bali Time:
Hi,
I did enjoy your JBR. I've been going to Bali since 1986, and after the first couple of visits, always to Ubud. The changes are only on the surface. I nearly cried the first time I saw the pink pavements. But they're all broken now, just like the old ones.
I've had a couple of 5-year breaks, when I haven't gone, so it's not like the changes have crept up on me. There's always a new 'edifice' or two, and that's a shame. I preferred the little ramshackle stalls along the main street.
But there's always been a lot of transport on offer - probably the only reason my friend and I didn't fall out in the 1986 trip. She hates to walk. I love to walk, so maybe that's why it doesn't bother me - maybe they've given up on me.
The people are still the same. That's the main thing.