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The Beginners Guide to Bali

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As a local born Balinese working in the tourist business in Bali, I would like to highly recommend "The Beginners Guide to Bali" to all first time visitors. This travel guide is an excellent "starter" guide in helping visitors become acquainted with the Kuta Beach area- the first stop in Bali. This travel guide has helped many of my clients in their transition to the outer areas of Bali. My customers find the information very useful and the compact cd-rom is the future of travel guides in the tour business.

this guide is easy to read, easy to carry and easy on the pocketbook-it was everything i needed for my first time to bali.

The guide was extremely informative about the important stuff like, how to bargain without getting ripped off, where to stay, and what to stay away from such as the no-metered taxi cabs, cane chairs, and tourist traps especially in the Kuta area. The Cd-Rom is more up-to-date than any book you could purchase in the bookstore because it is constantly being updated. My husband and I went to some of the restaurants that are recommended, and for the price the food was outstanding. This is for the person who wishes to travel to paradise on a budget, but who wishes to experience all that Bali has to offer.

I found the CD-ROM to be extremely informative in thinking about what to pack, what to expect in customs, where to eat, how to bargain and many more questions I had when considering a trip to Bali. I have actually used the information in this CD-ROM to prepare my "Bali travel book" that I can use as a quick reference while I'm there. It provides first hand practical information that most travel books do not, or would not include about how to travel on a budget. I would highly recommend this CD-ROM to anyone considering a trip to Bali.

As a professional woman in the international news business, I find myself flying to different countries on a minutes notice. I appreciated "The Beginners Guide to Bali" because of its no nonsense approach to the new arrivals need to become acclimated quickly upon arrival in Kuta. This guide did not waste any of my time. It also cd-rom size and easy to access. I'd recommend it.

"The Beginners Guide to Bali" is the most useful guide to Bali I have encountered yet. Being a full-time dive instructor in Thailand, I take my holidays in Bali several times a year. This guide is the most convenient, updated guide available. The used bookstores where I work are stacked to the ceiling with abandoned and outdated Lonely guides. I like to travel light and the cd-rom is awesome-I HIGHLY recommend the guide to anyone traveling to Bali for the first time or just wants to be kept up to date on what is really happening there. Pays for itself every time!

The Beginnners guide to Bali prints out at a total of 58 pages triple spaced. The very meager information can be found in any of several Bali travel guides. The only destination in Bali that is treated with any consideration is Kuta. There is nothing at all on Ubud for example. There are several pictures with no indication of where they were taken. Nothing of value here, a real dissapointment especially for a beginner.

look-it's simple- you don't go into a gunfight unarmed-you don't go into Bali for the first time without "The Beginners Guide to Bali". Trust me.