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Advantages: sunny weather, not too humid, friendly people, beautiful landscape, good value for money
Disadvantages: too commercialised, aggressive vendors, dirty beaches

Bali - everyone's idea of paradise? Well, certainly ours which is why we chose to go there for our honeymoon last month. Perhaps our expectations were set too high or perhaps we have been fortunate to have seen many other beautiful places for we found Bali to be a great disappointment. Harsh words? So to be fair let's list the good points; sunny weather, not too humid, friendly people, beautiful landscape, good value for money due to the currency ... Read review

Advantages: Sun, Heat, Surf, Cheap, Clean and Safe
Disadvantages: Long distance flight, Expensive flight

I went to Bali in September 1999 with my girlfriend and spent three weeks travelling the island. After a long 25 hour flight, the moment we stepped off the plane we knew that we were in Paradise. From the runway that disappears into the sea built on a coral reef, the surrounding beaches and palm trees to the hot evening air and beautiful sunset that greeted our arrival, my first impression was that this would probably be a summer well spent. First ... Read review

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Bali really does cater for everyone, be you a backpacker, honeymooner or package holidayer. Parts of the island have been decimated by tourism. The best example of this is Kuta, once a peaceful fishing village with an amazing beach, now a sprawling town full of hawkers and pimps. (the beach is still amazing though with incredible surf and miles of golden sand, as the hawkers mostly stay off the beach and towards the road) If you like your nightlife, ... Read review

Advantages: Cheap, beautiful weather, absolute luxury, what more can you want?
Disadvantages: Mosquitoes and a long-haul flight

As soon as I stepped off the plane after a 21 hour flight from London Heathrow with BA to Jakarta then to Denpasar(capital of Bali) with Garuda Indonesia, I knew I had found paradise. It was early morning at about 9am and the temperature was upto about 25 degrees (hell) and by lunch time 45 degrees (absolute hell) but we had the gorgeous Balinese sea of Nusa Dua to cool us down. We stayed for 2 weeks all inclusive, and had a brilliant time. Our room ... Read review

Advantages: Weather, atmosphere, cheapness of everything.
Disadvantages: Lack of hot water,hawkers.

Getting to Gili Trawagnan was quite an ordeal in itself, travelling from Bali to Lombok, and then getting on the boat over to the island. As the boat approched the Island we became aware of the fact that it would not sail all the way to the shore so we had to jump out and wade through the water in order to reach the Island.This was fairly amusing as we had to struggle with our rucksacks above our head, whilst panicking about creatures that we were ... Read review