In Reply to: Bali Not Like Aus! posted by samapple on Wednesday, 20. February 2008 at 17:49 Bali Time:
I've been to Australia (1992) and Bali(1987). After visiting Java, I found Bali a paradise, although we saw some nice things in Java to. Compared to my country Australia seemed to me like very easy to live, I never felt like it was overregulated. Maybe it's because I didn't really visit your big cities (only Cairns and Darwin and some small cities). I thought you all lived at an easy pace. I woudn't mind living there. Over the years I visited more countries in the far east (Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore) but I'm very much looking forward to visiting Bali next march. I still remember the magic of arriving by bus from java in the late afternoon, sunset over the rice paddies, people with offerings next to the road going to their temples, just magic. I never even noticed there were bad roads. I hope to rediscover that magic again.