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- Author, Frommer's Jerusalem Day by Day Guide
Bio: http://www.travelwriters.com/buzzgordon
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Sir please rote some comments my profile pls
Dear Buzzy
Hey Buzzy!
I just spent two weeks in Bali, and I loved every minute of it. While staying at a hotel in Nusa Dua, someone in the marketing department highly recommended a small musuem. I went there and really enjoyed it. I wrote a post on it in my blog: Museum Pasifika.
Get in touch if you have any questions.
Sure Buzzy - its an 14 villa eco-boutique resort on a hillside overlooking the Bali sea. You can find it on damai.com. We have a great restaurant. When are you planning on coming to Bali?
It's in the north part of the island, near Bali's old capital Singaraja (Denpasar was only made capital in 1947). We are in the mountain village of Kayuputih, near a tourism area/string of fishing villages called Lovina.
Its definitely the quieter and more undiscovered part of the island.Theres a fair bit of things to see up here, and for the most part they still have to make it into the guide books.
Just drop me a line here of on my email nils@normann.com
Thanks, Buzzy! I don't use this much and have been meaning to be more active, so this is a good prod for me to do it!
Hi Buzzy Gordon,
I read your Q in Bali Group abt your 3-4 weeks plan to stay in Bali.
I am with the Iniindo Tours and Travel. I have some Q:
1) is it your first time to Bali ?
2) are you familiar with Bali ?
3) if yes, do you have any prefered location / area ? like Kuta, Sanur, Ubud, or any other specific location ?
I'd be more than happy to assist you with further info.
Best Regards,
Putranto S.
email me to : putrantos@gmail.com
Saludos Buzzy, I won't be in Mundo Mayasoon. Did you go on the La Paz trip?
John
Of course, there is a serious drop in tourism from Israel to Turkey. I would venture to say that the numbers have fallen by 70-90%. Yet there are hundreds of Israeli companies doing business in Turkey. I think the Israelis are unhappy about losing their favorite vacation spot to politics and the same goes for the Turkish tourism industry. They'd love to see their hotels fill up again with Israeli families.
B'Simcha.
I can tell you that the tensions between Israel and Turkey seem not to matter for the tourism industry and is mostly in the news but not in reality. I've had families fly to Israel on Turkish Airlines, stopping in Istanbul for a couple of days on the way to/from Israel. They were all worried on one hand that they would be eaten up by the Turks but on the other, Turkish Airlines is so cheap...What to do??? So they all decided to go with Turkish Airlines because cheap is cheap. They discovered that at ground level, the Turks couldn't care less about the tension. They were all extremely friendly and the travelers at no point felt unsafe or unwanted - not in the air nor on the ground. I thought that was something important to note. Further, the fact that Turkish Airlines still flies up to four times daily to Tel Aviv is an indication that things may not be as bad as they seem.
It does seem, though, that Turkey is suffering from a drop in US travel. Toroshan tells me that aside from the cruise passengers, it's rare for them to see requests from Americans. And speaking of cruise passengers, I swear one of these days I am going to write a rather unpleasant blog entry about this trend which in my opinion and that of many others in the industry, is completely ruining the Mediterranean tourism industry (and other locations around the world).
OK, you've got me rambling. Sorry!
Come out and try www.GoScopia.com - It's a great nearby airport locator and other information. Takes away all the guessing. Maybe you can write about it some day. Baruch Haba!
Ophir
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