In Reply to: so tell me ................. posted by ona on Saturday, 30. April 2005 at 19:52 Bali Time:
My first impression was way back in 1980. I can still remember getting off the plane and walking towards the "Airport".....
It was nothing more than a tin shed or that's what it looked like to me. As we came through customs we could see what looked like thousands of Balinese faces peering at us through the glass windows from outside.
After we found our transfer we set off for "The Bali Beach Hotel" which at the time was the only 5 star Hotel in Sanur.
There were people on the roads with pigs, ducks and geese all being led somewhere, there were men balancing something on the end of long sticks on either side of their necks, little beemo's beeping, hundreds of Balinese people going about their daily chores..... it was fascinating!
The most interesting bus ride I've ever had!!
Memories from that trip are The Art Markets, the friendly Balinese people, the breakfasts at our Hotel, the rice paddy fields, Kintamani, our hotel lobby (it was beautiful) just the whole atmosphere of being somewhere exotic, differnt and the happy feeling I still get when I remember Bali...especially that first trip!
Going again next week for the third time!