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Definitely a whole different vibe here! So chilled and relaxed 🙏🏻 enjoy ✨

Love the people. Keep bringing them.

Its not Muslim.......that should explain it.

When I was travelling SE Asia in the 80s and 90s the Lonely Planet really was a traveller's bible. But it distorted a lot of places. Those that were included hit the jackpot while other equally good places were overlooked. I also heard tales of some of the freelance reviewers expecting kickbacks. The bar for entry is much lower for local businesses now. Just a smart teenage grandson and an internet connection. As you mentioned in another video ride hailing apps are also destroying a lot of tout business models. I'm travelling India at the moment and use Uber all the time, not to actually book a ride, but to get an idea of a fair price when bargaining with tuk-tuks etc. Happy travels, Wayne 😊

i watched your lombok didn't get a friendly vid live in darwin will be their in june

Wayne, have you seen the gamelan group practising in the back street? Balinese kids are so beautiful. Best wishes.

Ahhh back to smiling friendly people....

Selemat Malam, Wayne. Baik sekali, beautiful harbor city on the east coast of Bali with long ears, turban, wearing man. When I first started traveling to Indonesia, I read "Bill Dalton's Indonesian Handbook" and went out on my own, talking to people in stores, warungs, villages finding good places to stay. The Chinese restaurant owner wearing the Jade pendant in Padangbai you would have been my first contact.

Wayne, what was the name of the Warung you were at? Would love to support them when I will be back in Bali in the coming months. Apologies if I missed the name 🙈

I avoid anywhere in Asia that attracts bogan Aussies.

Your a very measured man

Thanks Wayne! Watching this (and your boat journey back) I can't help but be happy to be back in Bali, feels like coming home!!! 😄 Still, very much looking forward to our first ever Lombok adventure in June - and super excited be be heading back to Bali again next month - it's lovely feeling like I'm there via your regular adventures in the meantime - keep up the great 'work'! 😊🙏

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Hi Wayne, yes I used to travel with that book you sustained some fantastic places very cheap but very good and nice and clean , Anyway, keep up the good work love it when you speak Indonesian I can understand a little bit like a baby but it’s good Cliff from Logan city Queensland Australia. I’m in the big island

They probably don't have them these days, but if I strayed at a good guest house, I would take a handful of business cards and sometimes exchange them with travellers from the other direction. I was travelling to.

Very nice Wayne, you really show us other view of Bali in honest way, and i really like the last guy ketut, enjoy your life

another great video thanks for sharing

Reaction from your lombok trip was very interesting wahs it the most views

Cheers Wayne, am looking to spend 3mths over your way mid year. Always good to know about the accommodation options. Thanks 👍

You seem much happier in Padang Bai

You are speaking Bahasa Indonesia, not Balinese, right? Enjoying your videos from California.

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You prefer bali or lombok?

Whats the cheapest place in kuta lombok to do sauna & ice bath?

Women are treated like 2nd class citizens in Lombok and they refused to speak to me when I was with my husband. Won't ever go back

We were in Lombok in 2018 and had a great time. I am surprised at the feeling now. We visited the secret Gilis which were a highlight of our trip there, which I now know is limited. Sad how things change over time. Bali is still our favourite after being there 9 times and always traveling the lesser paths travelled.

I was there just over a deccade ago. Id hit Ino like i was Alby Mangles, atlas in hand, becconing adventure. I found the people of Lombok as Muslims to be haters and i am certainly not a racist or a biggot. There is a reason why Bali is an Aussie favourite and all the other islands get missed. That said, i loved Mattaram and From memory, Tom and Suzie who owned the place where i stayed with my wife in Kuta, found me a driver and we all hopped in some blokes old ford ranger and followed the said line on the map in my atlas, heading west along the coast, all the way to a spot where i could get over to Gide Gday. It was nothing more than a goat track, about 100ks perhaps at 5 or 10 or 15 ks an hour, it was stinking hot, the fuel tank leaked fumes into the car and it was windows down for 10 minutes, windows up with air con for ten minutes. The poor bugger driving, the concentration over all the ruts and pot holes, it was seriously a goat track, bareley wide enough to fit the car and even smack bang in the middle of ramadam, that drover broke his fast at about the 6 hour mark and smashed down a can of coke. I am glad that i did that though because it doubt it had ever been done like that before and i am sure that Tom and Suzie will remember that day of adventure as well.

After visiting Jakarta several times, and spending a fair amount of effort in learning bahasa, I decided to go to Kuta, Lombok. Found a decent place for 5 nights next month. I really just want to experience local food and culture just as I have done in Jakarta. Taking some guided tours will be on my schedule, but not crazy about renting a motorbike (even as a former racer). Your candid comments are very helpful.

Gidday Wayne. I've watched a few of your offerings here on Utube and really getting to appreciate your take on things. Down to earth, facts. I do enjoy your verbal interactions in bahasa, as it gives a little indication of where to start with a few of the basics of the everyday. Keep it up and all the best, Cheers

A very respectful but insightful review so thanks. My wife and I have 2 of the next 5 months based around the Amed area. We’ve done a few of the Gili’s and have been pondering some exploring on Lombok. Your subtext mirrors the view of our friends who is permanently based in Amed so an independent 2nd opinion like this was worth its weight in gold. Cheers

Hi Wayne, really good to see this kind of summary. I understand it is your opinion. I've never been there, and it was very interesting, Thank You. Also, 8k well done, you must be doing something right. 👍

Beach’s are nice yes, only problem is the dangerously angry street dogs that will attack you from behind. As you experienced. The stray dogs on the beach are very territorial and will attack you no question asked.

Better seek authorization filming man, just an advise

Better seek authorization man filming, just an advise

Wayne l have been watching your videos for some time and noticed you eat a lot of street food 🤢 not good. Hope you recover soon.

Yes Balinese are truly unique. different culture and outlook.

Fishing industry will destroy the fishing in no time. Just leave it to the locals, not the voracious professionals. Vaccuum clean the ocean.

Looks to be my cup of tea. I much prefer real interactions than fake niceness in touristy areas.

Maybe when you started to make money with the boat they wanted to get a piece of the action. Sounds like a shakedown to me. When you didn't get the message they escalated.

Rent a scooter in Kuta! A comprehensive as well as honest review. Nice one.

Lombok people normally live simple, moderate life with less formality, but they do love and respect people

Very interesting view on the interaction of foreigners with the locals there. I've visited there several times also many other islands in Indonesia including a wonderful visit to Java where the locals were very helpful and nice. Thanks for the video 😊

And 8k subscribers, respect. As others have said, a balanced and realistic response to the different cultural norms - for all the overdevelopment, bogan tourism and insane traffic, Bali is exceptional in the warmth offered to visitors (though even there, there are occasional instances of lack of grace). Lombok seems typical of the rest of Indonesia, mostly very graceful, warm and welcoming, just not as much as Bali is!

In Indonesia, the further you get from areas of the religion of peace, the better. Lombok is much more like Malaysia. Westerners often face racism and discrimination. The most warm and friendly places are Bali and parts of East Java, like Yogyakarta.

Hi Wayne, and many thanks for your thoughtful and respectful videos. I first came to Bali in 1987. I am 75 now so was not a green 18yo, but a green 37yo... Amazingly, it was only a short 1 week package tour, 3 days at Gazebo in Sanur, 2 days at Tjampuan in Ubud, then another 2 days back in Sanur. Foolishly short, but it opened my eyes to a whole other world of which I was ignorant. I remember loving the combined smells of traffic, open drains, burning rubbish, frangipani and incense. Intoxicating! I've since been back many times with different partners and friends, loving every trip. I lost a girlfriend to Bali in'73. She was given a 1 way ticket to London, via Bali (just Kuta then) and the Greek islands, the hippie trail, I guess. That was when the 'pineapple on pizza' debate kicked off. I was outraged that they'd even have pizza in Bali! Long story short, out of money in London, she teamed up with an ex boyfriend and hitched all the way back to Oz via a hostile middle east. Relationship over. So I guess I had to experience Bali for myself. Sure, it's changed over the years, traffic gridlock is horrible, but I can't see myself staying away. Keep on, Wayne, and thanks.

I think that was a very fair, unbiased review. Warts and all because you cannot hide the facts. Keep doing what you do mate.

Mate thanks for your vids, I am really enjoying them. I been to Kuta Lombok in September was really dry, how was the rain the last week or so? I want to go back to surf soon but not sure on floods and how annoying it is to travel, i will take scooter from bali, thanks

Honest and informative as always, cheers

Really enjoyed your story, Wayne