In Reply to: bali....is it for me? posted by balimonkey on Thursday, 12. March 2009 at 20:38 Bali Time:
As Balimonkey said - go with an open mind, We are about to leave for our 15th trip and have been going since the early eightys. We have stayed mainly on the west side - Tuban / Kuta & Legian. We have moved over most of the island but seem to love staying up the Legian end towards Seminyak. We too have friends that Will not go - but have never been!!! It is a lot less scary than any of the places you have mentioned. I would not walk in the streets of Perth in the dark but i would in Bali. I'm Sure that you too would love it looking at your past back packing days. Go but go with an open mind and do not avoid Kuta there are great places there too
Fernandez