The mood in Kuta Bali right now

G’day Nick,

This time tomorrow I’ll be there!.

Good on ya Barrie boy matey…. me thinks you will have you good time so me thinks so me does mahn….aaaarrrreeeeeetttt ggoooodddd time.

No bombs not gonna put you off Barrie are they. The only way they woul;d keep you off Bali Barrie is to nuke the place and zer iznt much ttt’chance of dat so me thinks me does so. Have a ggggrrrreeeeeeaaatt time Barrie.

Nicko is probably gonna set up one of his infamous barbies for you me thinks Barrie and invite loads of nice ladies for you to mix with .

On a more serious note Nick it will certainly be interesting to see tourist numbers in the coming months and also the countries by percentage of visitors.

/ =divide X = times

number of visitors November 2005 = A
number of visitors November 2004 = B

A/B X 1/100 = PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE FOR MONTH NOVEMBER.

So theres a little task for one of you lads….listening Barrie and Nicko. I am sure you will be trying to do your own breakdown of the rise or fall in tourists.

The intersting thing is that there is so much development and investment in business and property going on i gather. Am i right Nick in what i am saying ?
Now it is really going to be intersting to see the fugures, especially with the little Miss Corby incident and the crazey (what were they thinking about !!!) Bali nine goings on. There will be a number of the old convicts soory Ozzies who are boycotting the island already because of el Corbio incidento.

Keeps me posted or ze Blog updated Nick on the future numbers. One good thing Nick mate is that you perhaps will have a better chance of getting a house plans initiated now as i am sure the terrorist attacks may stabalise the ever increasing property prices. Not an ideal way i know but one thing that will happen i am sure of that. So eyes open Nick for that bargain property in the future.

Over and out Marks out !

If anyone is thinking of cancelling Bali and trying somewhere else then this is one place i suggest you dont try below. Dont you just know your hometown or where i was brought up is a shit hole when you read this in a magazine ;

Places to Avoid
Travel Doesn’t Just Broaden the Mind
…it somes cases it removes it completely, along with the rest of your head, and leaves it in a Wheelie Bin.

There are occasions and celebrations in the world you would feel sorely punished for missing, but on the other hand there’s also Morris Dancing and demonstrations of local arts and crafts moulded from horse dung.

Corby - My Home Town
In the sleepy town of Corby, Northants, within the United Kingdom, there is a wonderful celebration, every 25 years, called the Pole Fair. Unfortunately, the 24 intervening years and a large number of weeks have very little going for them - so keep well clear.

This might sound a little harsh, but given that I lived in this town for some two decades of my life I feel I am perfectly fit to pass judgement in any way I should see fit.

Decapitation as a Pastime
It isn’t easy growing up in a town where alcohol seems to be consumed with the same regularity as tea or coffee. The town was an experiment in urban planning and forced growth, pressed against a booming steel industry that supported a substantial percentage of the population. When the steel industry crashed and burned during the 1980’s there was such a shockwave that the town seemed to suffer some kind of irreversible damage. Warehouse and cottage industries were encouraged to slide into the gap, but it was like trying to fill a chasm with marbles.

So, the public houses became a place to spend the day, downing pints or sipping something stronger (the latter being the preference as a large wedge of the populace were Scottish by descent). The Job Centre was visited infrequently and massive stresses were placed upon the social support system. Twenty years along the line the situation hasn’t changed much at all - and violence built on frustration and anger has escalated. While I lived there I remember a couple of months where two people were shot outside the same drinking hole, while an old man had been found in a local lake with his head removed by way of a shovel blow (later to be discovered discarded in a, previously mentioned, Wheelie Bin).

The End of the Line - Closed!
It would appear that local transportation services have long known that Corby is a place that no one in their right minds would want to reach. Once the town had a healthy attachment to the local rail network, both for civilian use and for the transportation of materials in and out on goods lines. There are arteries of railway track slicing up from the south into the eastern quarter of the town, the public station just outside was was originally the centre of the Corby - the Old Village.

After the collapse of the town’s economy, however, the rail link fell into disuse, except for the industrial line that continued to function at a much reduced capacity. Late 1980’s, with efforts to renew the economy in full swing, the public line resurfaced; but, in the end, the demand was not considered high enough and finally the station was closed, buildings were demolished and the link to the outside world was closed forever!

‘For everyone, everything wonderful…’
In the early 80’s there was some glimmer of hope promised by a consortium of investors and developers. A massive entertainment and educational complex called WonderWorld was proposed. The development was to be built on the eastern outskirts of Corby, just north of the village of Weldon… and for a time there were pamphlets, displays at the local council offices and a big sign that proclaimed that Phase 1 was coming… sometime soon.

However, the fairytale prospects and promises of this monumental project turned out to be nothing more than fancy drawings and dreams that would never come true. The huge plot of land was dug up and turned over - but ultimately nothing more came of it - and the investors went into liquidation…
events
WonderWorld
Bristol Comic Con
Corby
Hot or Not?
Gameboy Advance
Meeting Bryan

terror

Hi Nick and all the BootsnAll folk and friends in beautiful Bali. I was supposed to be arriving on Nov 3, but have had to cancel to honour the wishes of the rest of the family. Sounds like I’m making excuses, but the decision was not made lightly, and I’ve been feeling pretty depressed about it ever since. Feel like I’m letting down the Balinese people who’ve been so hospitable on my previous visits. But, never fear, I will be back (even if just by myself). I just wish I was contributing right now to keeping the tourism industry ticking over. There are too many doom sayers forcasting it as ‘the end’ for Bali tourism. Sure hope they’re wrong. Too many people there depend on it.

Thanks for sharing the mood on the island post bombings. It is somewhat reassuring, and certainly heartening, to read your comments of life being carried on (almost) as normal, if in fewer numbers.

Best wishes
Kerry
Port Adelaide (Australia)

to all baliphiles, please please don’t stop going to this beautiful paradise. Don’t let them win, i will certainly be going back, they need us aussies in their country.
You could also try to help from your home country by pledging donations to families etc.
I myself have contacted the orphanges, schools etc. to sponsor children, anything i can do to help these beautiful people i will do.I can only wish to repay their hospitality they so generously give from their hearts to us tourists.

The forces for the future of Bali are greater than the forces against it. THe idiots that blew themsleves up would probably be hard pressed to sit down and clearly explain why they had to bomb Bali. They are brainwashed fools and a few nutcases will not destroy and island with such a strong culture.

Hii Nick…
Glad u and ur family is ok do u think it’s ok to go there after the bomb? supposesd to go there this sunday but family say No….

“A/B X 1/100 = PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE FOR MONTH NOVEMBER.”

Mark,

With all due respect, I think it should be:

(A-B)/B X 1/100 = PERCENTAGE INCREASE OR DECREASE FOR MONTH NOVEMBER.