Tuesday here in Bali is the day I get my weekly call from Eugene Oregon and hear more closely what the boys at BootsnAll are up to.
Sean is getting over his flu like symptoms after flying home through Taiwan and Ant is getting himself all psyched for a his Europe tour this summer.
My friend Yumi sms’d me today and said her whole family have the dreaded conjunctivitis…I told her not to touch anybody. Hope they get over it quickly. Can’t wait to be introduced as ‘the guy who gave us all the red eye’.
Aussie Paul who provided the sufing info the other day is working on some cool articles which we’ll be introducing in the near future. I showed him a few BootsnAll articles and we had a good chuckle at Craig Guillot’s ‘Guts & Glory: Angola Prison Rodeo’
Also showed him Bill’s article on getting shot in El Salvador ( Biting the Bullet ).
Bill is here in Bali and he’s fully recovered we’re glad to say.
My assistant Ika had a fender bender yesterday on her bike when a kid ran in front of her and also feels run down so didn’t want to help me conduct interviews today. I see her often enough so we’ll get into that some other time.
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Hello All,
I just got off the phone with the Indonesian Embassy in Washington, D.C.
That guy was a total wanker!
Like Barrie said, very evasive (don’t even know if it was the same guy - but he just wanted to get me off the phone)
He said that if I applied for an Indonesian visa while overseas, I could stay for 60 days AND get it extended in Bali.
I think he didn’t know what he was talking about, and he certainly wasn’t interested in helping me.
What I’d like right now is some valid, credible, updated information on how I can go to Bali and stay for longer than just a few damn weeks.
Sorry about my ranting, Nick, but this one runs pretty close to me.
Jason
Waikiki, Hawaii
Nick, if you know anybody coming from the UK to Bali in the immediate future, ask them to bring you a tube of GOLDEN EYE ointment. It is ace stuff for clearing up that damn conjunctivitis. As far as I know you can’t buy that brand elsewhere in the world. The airwaves here in Perth have been inudated with irate travellers complaining about these new regulations in Indo. I will try and get some sense of proportion from the Indo Consulate this morning but I ain’t holding my breath.
Jason,
I’m going to Arjuna immigration consultants today and see what they have to say. The Indonesian government would have to be crazy to introduce a 30 day visa, let’s hope there’s some serious loopholes.
Barrie. THanks for the oinment tip. ?I did the urine thing a couple of times and really eyes are much better, redness fading and hardly any itching.
Hi Guys & Gals,
The Australian paers here in Melb, confirm that it is an $85 payment to be made by ANYONE travelling to Indonesia. For any amount of stay, but there will be NO WAY they will allow an extension to anyone for any reason…
My travel Agent friend says it has been passed & will come into effect, but no-one knows when as they have MANY persons already booking far in advance for yearkly tickets etc & do not know how to deal with it??!!!
will let you all know as I hear more!
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Nick,
This new visa rule has people on certain travel forums up in arms.
A lot of Bali enthusiasts are simply outraged, myself included.
How can they do this?
Anyway, was curious if you have any updated info on just what the hell is going on with this, and if anything or anyone is trying to do anything about it (if that’s possible)
Jason
Waikiki, Hawaii