In Reply to: JBR Canada posted by Canuck on Sunday, 17. April 2005 at 11:53 Bali Time:
Totally agree with the advice to not do the tour-package thing. We just hire our own driver to take us wherever we want to go, so that way we are in total control of our excursion.
Yes, it is a long way to Bali. We are in Edmonton, so it adds a few more hours to the trip!! But we loved it so much there in 2002 that we made the trip again in Jan./Feb. this year and stayed for a month. Much better to stay a while if you can swing it since we have so far to travel. Planning to go again next year, too!!
P.S. We preferred travelling Japan Airlines out of Van. because of the flight times (compared to Cathay).