post bali thoughts
hmm…..how should i start?????
1st i think the bombing in Bali had leaves a big impact toward the ppl over there. The majority ppl over there are survive by the tourism industry. And now the number of tourist visiting there had drop drastically. The tour guide told us that after the bombing he lost his job and was jobless for more than 6 mths!!!!!just imagine what kind of life was tht during tht period and jus recently his life has just turned better. Yet there r still so many suffer from tht incident. After this trip i dun think tht we should only sympathize on thee victim’s family but to all the citizens in Bali. They are just as innocent as the victims. The business till now is still bad!!!!!
So to all who have not been to Bali i would strongly recommend there as a holiday destination. It just cannot be describe by words how beautiful that place is and also the ppl there. I just like it so much and i tell myself that i will go again if i have such a chance.
2nd Although i stayed in Kuta which is a busy place but it is still a safe place. Just imagine us gals walking on the roads without being fear that our bags will be grabbed as compare in KL. If i go again i would stay in another town to experience different type of lifestyle in Bali because Kuta is just busy. But the traffic is bad due to the road is narrow and driving there just requires more skill than i KL but with less honking sound. Not much traffic like in small roads though. But the cab there can just stop at anytime in the middle of the road as they like without even worrying about the cars at the back. They will just wait unless it takes too long.
3rd Seeing them using horse as a type of transportation and as tourist attraction was a sorry sight though. Wonder wht the ppl was thinking whn riding on tht cart???? Is just so pity on the horse like working for so long till late nites . I think walking around would be a better idea if is a 1st timer cus there is so much things to be seen and explore (although tiring)
4th There r some places where they require donation as to help them to continue their business. The only setback is that they hope ppl will donate more and sort being pushy whn it comes to donation. We’ve experienced that. What i think is that if is that wht they want thn they should have said like the minimum amount need to be paid rather than saying tht it is upon wht you want to give. Then at least we noe wht we should do rather than once after noe the amount thn will start being pushy towards us to pay more.
5th Anyway i think tht Bali is just a very cultural place. Ppl there is pray like 3 times a day no matter how busy they are and each home they will also build a family temple. To them the family temple is even more important than their house therefore you can see that the temple might b in front and the house at the back or vice versa. There are just so many temples around but i did not visit those around Kuta area. I did manage to visit one which is surrounded by the lake which is just nice. (Can see it at my photo album)
6th Although did hear some interesting stories from some Aussie who i noe during the stay at the Hotel but i do not want to talk about it hear cus i think it will most probably happen o the ‘mat salleh’ and not Asians because we’ve been discussing about it but we did not experienced it.ahahahahaha
7th The standard of living there is poor. We saw children just sleeping on the street without even any blanket. Some just stray alone on the street and god noes who their parents are. Children so young have been forced to beg or to sell stuff along the street which is a sad sight. What i heard is that the house there is very expensive especially in Kuta. Therefore a lot of ppl cannot afford to have one not even to rent one. I think that is the reason why some are sleeping on the street. There are mother and the child sleeping together and once hearing ppl walking through will wake up to beg. It is such a sorry sight to see.
In the end, i did enjoyed the whole trip although is just too short but at least this is the time for me to be with my gals and to be wild together. Learn a lot from this trip and this is the 1st time i am out in a foreign country with just my gals and not parents which make me realize i am an adult already.ahahahahah
