Bali
December 2009 Bali to Calgary
wednesday december 2nd 2009 (sanur, bali)
We’ve had some requests to elaborate on the prices in Bali. Like any destination, you can pretty much spend as much as you like here. Big 5 star hotel chains are available, as are the posh restaurants that people pay big bucks to be seen in and impress friends or clients. Okay, but to compensate for a good meal? We stand behind our idea that the locals know where to eat. It’s like wine. Every time we stray from our usual mid-range favorites to treat ourselves to a nice (ie, expensive) bottle, we’re disappointed. Think about your own city. Is your favorite restaurant the most expensive? Probably not. A high turnover usually means fresh food and maybe even some ‘on it’ service. The accommodations we’ve chosen have always been in the clean, bright and comfortable category. We tend to drink with the backpackers and locals, stay with the career crowd and, unless we’re after something specific, eat in any place with a mob. So here’s a few examples converted to Canadian dollars for your enjoyment:
November 2009 Australia to Bali
sunday november 1st 2009 (bali passage – day 3)
We ended up in Australia a couple of extra days waiting for parts. Against all odds we found this guy who happened to have the little electric engine that we needed for our autopilot. He was a few hundred kilometers away though (Horn Island is remote even by Australian standards). We were so excited that we got the guy to personally drive it over to the airport and put it in the pocket of one of the pilots that flies these little commuter planes back and forth to the mainland. That was all well and good but pilots being pilots it took us two days to find the guy. I spent a decade working around fly-boys though so just asked around to find out where the flight crews took on their post-flight beverages. Soon enough we had our engine, a hundred bucks for little piece of mind? Sold!
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