Posted by Tammy on Saturday, 31. October 1998 at 22:57 Bali Time:
In Reply to: Bali vs Waikiki etc.... posted by AmigoM on Thursday, 29. October 1998 at 09:01 Bali Time:
Having been to both Bali and Hawaii, my advice is similar. Waikiki is not Hawaii -- fly inmmediately from Honolulu to another island, preferably the Big Island. And Kuta is not Bali -- go north, in-seach-of-the-real adventurer!
There are still people in tiny towns in northern Bali, especially the north west, who seldom see Caucasians. Of course in the south, I had to laugh at the t-shirt I say that said, "No I don't want an effing Bemo, t-shirt, sarong, beer .." . It was a long list. Still, it was only in the Batur area that I was tempted to get a t-shirt that said, "I'm a person, not just a wallet."
Someday I really will get such a shirt -- I'll need it if I ever go back to Jamaica (a physically beautiful place I've been to twice).