So, you want to climb Mt Batur?
Remember, Bali is a cultural destination, some people forget that when they come to Bali. They party for days at the hottest night spots in Bali, and then they get a great idea “let’s go climb a volcano”. So, we suddenly have a different type of tourist visiting our area.
Unplanned Adventures
I thought with Agung stirring us up for 24 hours on 29 June 2018, a little reminder that we all need sometimes, to travel anywhere has unexpected adventures.
No matter where you travel in the world although you can plan as much as possible, there may be something that changes your plans. These can then become unplanned adventures.
Of course, the hot topic right now is the volcano, Mt Agung and its pregnancy, however, this condition heightens tourists’ awareness of earthquakes. A few tourists have felt them in their visits this past month, the largest being a mag 4.3 felt in Kuta and Ubud.
Some tourists have also felt smaller tremors related to Mt Agung's belly, as high as mag 3.5, a mag 3.2 just this morning on the North Bali coast, came up on my phone App while writing this.
One thing that often happens when people come on a holiday to Bali is they start getting dreamy “ideas about their future”.
They lay on a beach and all these wonderful ideas come to mind, and those ideas make Moving to Bali seem like such a great idea.
For newcomers to Bali
So, you fly into Denpasar, I mean that’s what it said when you booked. However, the airport, “Ngurah Rai” is actually not in Denpasar, which can be confusing to newcomers, even today with Google Maps etc some newcomers still get caught out.