A new place which I’ve become actually obsessed with is Pizza Cult in Ubud. Amazing food, great service, such a cute venue and really affordable. Also a great place to bring your laptop and work from!
Absolutely stunning. Bali looks idyllic. The kindness and beauty of the Indonesian people must be inexhaustible as the popularity of Bali has skyrocketed and I only hope that this gorgeous spot does not fall victim as other spots have to over tourism. Thanks for taking us on this adventure 🙏✌🏻🤙🏻
Ron, that was spectacular! I've seen a number of videos on Bali, and everyone has their own perspective - yours is a welcome addition! As children, my younger sister and I would spend hours going through a book that was given to our older sister. The book, "Far into the Night: A Story of Bali" had beautiful pastel illustrations and having had the book read to us a few times, we would recite the story to one another over and over. The island seemed magical and almost other worldly. And then people go there today and IT STILL IS like a dream.
Thanks for this beautiful Video. It's rather interesting for me, feeling what i felt when i visited bali with my ex-girlfriend and the places you've been to Also. We've separated but this Video still makes me feel a lot closer to what once was. Cheers.
Before I write another word: your channel is fantastic, absolutely delightful. In this regard, I have a question namely "when was this video shot?" I am asking for the following reason. I was in Bali from Australia for a few weeks in the mid 90s and at that time it looked as you show, even Ubud; magical. However, I have read that Bali and especially Ubud have now been so overtaken by development, particulalrly Russian, the island has lost much of its appeal.
Hi there! I'm so glad to hear you enjoy the channel. I'm in Bali currently as I reply to you. However, the video was filmed earlier in 2024. Coincidentally, I will explain why that's the case in a special sit-down-and-catch-up video that goes up on the channel this coming Sunday, December 15, 2024. Hope you can watch.....As with any place in the world, Bali has seen plenty of change in the 30-plus years since you were here. Every highly-desirable location on Earth I can think of has "suffered" from the effects of development and modern tourism, in my opinion. So it's easy for us to lament the changes in a place that we knew before the mass scale tourism of the 21st century (I do it myself with Carmen del Playa, Mexico, which is an urban seaside sprawl now but where practically nothing was there but coconut palms and white sand when I first laid eyes on it ages ago. It was just a ferry landing.) So have Ubud and Bali changed. Of course they have. Have they lost the magic? No. In travel as with anything else, I try not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Cheers. Thanks again for watching!
A new place which I’ve become actually obsessed with is Pizza Cult in Ubud. Amazing food, great service, such a cute venue and really affordable. Also a great place to bring your laptop and work from!
Thanks Ruby! I'll have to check it out.
Absolutely stunning. Bali looks idyllic. The kindness and beauty of the Indonesian people must be inexhaustible as the popularity of Bali has skyrocketed and I only hope that this gorgeous spot does not fall victim as other spots have to over tourism. Thanks for taking us on this adventure 🙏✌🏻🤙🏻
We share the same hope about Bali Geoffrey.
Ron, that was spectacular! I've seen a number of videos on Bali, and everyone has their own perspective - yours is a welcome addition! As children, my younger sister and I would spend hours going through a book that was given to our older sister. The book, "Far into the Night: A Story of Bali" had beautiful pastel illustrations and having had the book read to us a few times, we would recite the story to one another over and over. The island seemed magical and almost other worldly. And then people go there today and IT STILL IS like a dream.
Rick, what a wonderful memory! And I love the book's title. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for this beautiful Video. It's rather interesting for me, feeling what i felt when i visited bali with my ex-girlfriend and the places you've been to Also. We've separated but this Video still makes me feel a lot closer to what once was. Cheers.
I'm glad you enjoyed the video under the circumstances and I wish you the best going forward!
Before I write another word: your channel is fantastic, absolutely delightful. In this regard, I have a question namely "when was this video shot?" I am asking for the following reason. I was in Bali from Australia for a few weeks in the mid 90s and at that time it looked as you show, even Ubud; magical. However, I have read that Bali and especially Ubud have now been so overtaken by development, particulalrly Russian, the island has lost much of its appeal.
Hi there! I'm so glad to hear you enjoy the channel. I'm in Bali currently as I reply to you. However, the video was filmed earlier in 2024. Coincidentally, I will explain why that's the case in a special sit-down-and-catch-up video that goes up on the channel this coming Sunday, December 15, 2024. Hope you can watch.....As with any place in the world, Bali has seen plenty of change in the 30-plus years since you were here. Every highly-desirable location on Earth I can think of has "suffered" from the effects of development and modern tourism, in my opinion. So it's easy for us to lament the changes in a place that we knew before the mass scale tourism of the 21st century (I do it myself with Carmen del Playa, Mexico, which is an urban seaside sprawl now but where practically nothing was there but coconut palms and white sand when I first laid eyes on it ages ago. It was just a ferry landing.) So have Ubud and Bali changed. Of course they have. Have they lost the magic? No. In travel as with anything else, I try not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. Cheers. Thanks again for watching!
sacred to the us all... a money grab to the balinese.. the tourists show more respect than locals.
Hey i'm getting the context. I think maybe there's a first part of your message that didn't send. Cheers.
Oops. Sorry. I meant I'm NOT getting the context.