In Reply to: alas, this forum is now a dinosaur posted by canang on Thursday, 23. April 2015 at 20:11 Bali Time:
First joined the forum in 1998 before my first trip to Bali (then as "mjk" which I lost in a moderator clearout).
I have learned of and visited many wonderful places and utter dives - many of the latter I have come to appreciate. I have met many great people through the forum and enjoyed all. I've stayed in interesting places and establishments in this time. I've even stayed with bloodyron at SBV - something must have been right because I've been back about five times.
All in all the forum has given me some great memories and experiences which I would hate to have missed. I still read some new visitor's JBR as avidly as I did 17 years ago.laughing at their howlers, (still) learning from their experiences and commiserating with their problems.
It is now suggested that I read trip advisor instead. I have and find it sterile and dry. The only two people I have truly disliked meeting in Bali were a couple I met at Ron's one afternoon who tended to announce loudly that they were the Trip Advisor representatives in Bali and to boast about their villa in "Kan..goo". I felt like telling them to go back to kan..goo and advise each other. Found later that Ron felt the same but was being the businessman.
I'd rather stick with the BTF and all its faults rather than lower my standards - please continue to support it.