In Reply to: so tell me ................. posted by ona on Saturday, 30. April 2005 at 19:52 Bali Time:
My first trip was on one of three Royal Australian Navy ships in mid 1969. We were met on the Benoa wharf by an official Indonesian Navy party complete with gamelin band and the works. Six of us walked down the wharf, to meet our hosts to the sound of that haunting music while bare breasted Balinese ladies sprinkled flower petals uner our feet as we progressed towards the formal party. The island was very different then and had the feeling of a genuine and traditional tropical paradise. It has been thirty six years and thirty trips since then but that initial arrival will stay with me forever.
Cheers
Maverick