Hi all
just got back from 2 weeks in Kuta
Au$ between 7200 and 7430
weather first week was great, last week was lousy with lotttttts of rain
BIG increases in booze prices since October 08, even the local gin is now expensive...180,000 in Matahari
Tried to get a Smartphone (mentioned in BTF a few weeks ago) phone shop in front of Bintang s/market did not have any and knew nothing about them, carrefour had 2 salesmen and no stock for the last 3 weeks !!!!...they were verrrrrry busy..????
Many hotels have put their prices up by up to 50%, I met some people looking for different hotels as theirs was now too expensive, many service charges have gone up from 5% to 6%
Lots of Russians around bragging about how wealthy they were, quite a few French and a few northern Europeans, not many Aussies around.
Heaps of massage sellers on Legian st ...must be the in thing at present
roads and pavements in bad repair due to rains
Beaches and seas at Kuta and Gilis very dirty
Tidak apa apa
back again in late March, i hope the weather improves