In Reply to: My 1st Bali Trip posted by jazkat on Sunday, 8. February 2009 at 07:55 Bali Time:
For me it was 1984/1985, i was turning 22 what a blast it was, meeting people and the places we went, one of the guys had a sister who was married to balinese guy so we took lots of stuff over to them went to his home village where we dropped everything - the family fed us tried to teach us common phrases as we did them (with english) it was such a fun time we saw a funeral procession for me it was magic to be involved and invited into their world and today just booked another trip with husband daughter and her friends - i love seeing bali though the eyes of the young it bring back so many wonderful thoughts and feelings. Bali and its magic - the isle of smiles, for me Bali is many things i always seem at peace within myself, we have over the years had many good times, many learning and interetesting times there. I have showed my kids (20 & 17) photo's of grass being cut by hand and poppies 1 when it was a dirt road, they just laugh i see many changes in bali and at the same time i see none the people haven't changed they are still so generous with their time and giving of themselves.
Cheers
Lynda.