Bali Holidays - 11 Things You Must Know Before Travelling to Bali

Bali, commonly known as the "Island of Gods," is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations. Situated just west of Lombok and east of the gorgeous island of Java, Bali is one of 17,000 islands on the Indian Ocean. Of these islands, 6,000 are inhibited by people.

Here is a list of some of the top things you should know before you book any of your Bali holidays:

1. All holiday makers going to Bali must have at least 6 months valid on their passports from the date of arrival.

2. Bali's customs only allow a maximum of two litres of alcohol on entry into the country.

3. If you are a smoker, each visitor is able to bring 200 cigarettes, 100 grams of tobacco or 50 cigars into Bali.

4. The local currency used in Bali is the "Rupiah". The currency ranges from 50 and 100 in coins, and 100, 500 and 1,000 in either coins or notes.

5. There are approximately 3 million people living in Bali where most of the workers are working within the tourism industry. Holidays to Bali are very popular during the dry months of the year.

6. The power supply in the larger cities is 220 volts, however 110 volts is used in some smaller and more remote areas of the country.

7. Gratitude tips of 5-10% on the total bill are appropriate and acceptable.

8. Airport porters expect a tip of approximately RP. 3000 for bags heavier than 20kg.

9. The local time in Bali and Lombok is GMT + 8 hours.

10. Bali is only 5.6 sq kilometres and it is possible to explore the whole island on a one day tour of Bali.

11. Beaches along Eastern and Southern Bali are white whereas in other parts of the country, are grey or black due to volcanic sand.

Bali holidays are popular with people travelling from all over the world due to many flights flying directly to Bali's Ngurah Rai International airport, often known as Denpasar International airport.

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Bali Holiday Travel and Accommodation

Here is a short bit of information on Bali holiday adventures. Me and the family has been to Bali 4 times in the last three years and have always had the most exiting time in Bali. We have had some great experiences including some not so pleasing one's also.

One i can think of was when we visited the Bali safari park when my wife, son who was then 3 and my daughter who was 2 were having a photo taken with an orangutan which after were going to view the pictures taken when my little son slipped down the step and tumbled fore head first in to a post his face was absolutely covered in blood, the guide as me if he could pick him up and run to the first aid room with him. So i raced of following the worker of the Bali Safari park with my son and had his head all cleaned up and bandaged. I must say the staff did a great job of trying to look after my son.

We generally stay at the beach resorts which are always friendly and family orientated. The Jayakarta is a favorite as we have now stayed there on two visits to Bali and are planning to stay there for our next trip in 2011. Bali beach accommodation seems to be the preferred selection in my view as this is where i prefer to stay when visiting Bali. There is always friendly people everywhere you look, we have met some of the greatest people who we now call friends and keep in regular contact with.

There is so much Bali holiday accommodation available to choose from. Bali hotels and villas seem to be the most popular by far.

The Bali beach hotels seem to do a roaring trade and are also one of my favorites. When looking for bali holiday accommodation there are a number of factors you should be thinking of :

1. What are you looking to be doing on your holiday? are you looking to be staying in the resort or hotel quite a bit maybe lazing around the pool.
2. Do you like the fast living or do you just intend on taking it easy? There are numerous activities you can be doing in Bali, Surfing, Diving, Doing the slides at Water Bom Park, Visiting Ubud and the monkey forest or mabee having lunch at the volcano whatever the holiday you are on you can find a world of tours and activities.

I also love the beach and sitting down at one of the beach bars in the afternoon for a few quiet ones while the wife gets a pedicure and does a little bargaining and the kids are playing in the sand. You always end up in a group talking about your travels while we all are watching the sun go down.

If you like shopping then there is plenty of supermarket and shopping centres and you won't be able to miss the thousands of stalls selling products, clothing, ornaments and plenty more. I hope to fill you in on the next post.
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This article was written by Andrew Green who enjoys his long and short holidays wether it be overseas or around my own land called Australia. Keep Travelling.