More from Jackie Steves in Bali

My daughter Jackie continues her blog reporting on her Southeast Asian adventure. Here are a few random bits from her latest entry. After reading these excerpts, you can head on over to get the full story of her first day ever in that amazing hemisphere:

When I experience a new place for the first time, I want to find all of the reasons to love it and to embrace even the apparent “negatives” as opportunities to step outside my comfort zone. From what I have heard (from friends, pop culture, and Eat, Pray, Love), Bali was going to be heaven on earth. My first evening here, however, was less than blissful.

Airport ATMs that take Visa — all broken. Seas of men approaching me, saying, “Taxi? Transport? Where you going?” “No thank you,” I would reply. But then they would follow me. Dude, no means no.

Imagine streams of motorcycles and cars braiding in and out. No one bothers to check their blind spots. At multiple-lane intersections with no stoplights, cars don’t stop — and barely yield — creating a massive convergence of vehicles absent rhyme or reason (at least, to my Western eyes).

We were fairly warned: Kuta is where Aussies go to party. We somehow found the exception: a quirky local surfer party. Balinese surfing instructors rocking Billabong and long wavy locks. Love it.

Read more about Jackie’s Southeast Asian travels!

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Comments

4 Replies to “More from Jackie Steves in Bali”

  1. I follow Rick’s blog. I would like to follow Jackie Steve’s blog. I went to her blog. I can’t figure out how to sign up to receive it regularly.
    Would you please tell me what I can do?
    Thanks for your help in this matter.
    Carol

  2. Thanks for the observations Jackie, but I wonder why you choose to go thru Bali’s sleazy and touristy front door, when your father’s philosophy of finding back doors is so much more interesting and rewarding. Looking forward to your reports on Central, Northern and Eastern Bali, away from the crowds seeking cheap beer and high times.

  3. Carol,
    We don’t have an email reminder/subscription setup for Jackie’s blog as it is only a short-term (one month) blog. Short of checking back at blog.ricksteves.com/jackie on a regular basis, there is a feed of her blog available. This is useful if you have an RSS feed reader (app). This is the feed: http://blog.ricksteves.com/jackie/feed/

    I hope that helps! For any additional assistance, please send questions to rick@ricksteves.com as these comments are not typically monitored for questions.

    Cheers,
    RS Webmaster

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