Private Bali Holiday

I usually go to the Philippines for my holidays, mainly because that is where the missus is from, but next holiday we are going to Bali.

I don’t know how many of you who are reading this have been to the Philippines, but if you have and you have relatives there you will know what I mean when I say that it is not a holiday, it is hard work. You can’t go anywhere without taking the whole clan with you, then you have to pay for everyone, for everything, and then you have all of side trips so that they can do the things that they could have done without you being there, but they never got around to it until you got there, or is it that they only got around to it because you were paying.

Then there is the pollution, my wife has been living in Australia for 20 years and she gets sick every time we go to the Philippines, mind you, the provinces are great, they are relatively pollution free, but the few days that we stay in Manilla each time really affects her.

Then there is the corruption, everyone there complains about the government being corrupt, but in my opinion the corruption starts from the bottom and goes all of the way to the top. Even the cigarette sellers on the street have different prices for their products, and these prices are determined by how much the vendor thinks that you can afford.

My brother in-law didn’t vote for Gloria at the last election but after all the dust bali-sight-seesettled, and the investigation into the cheating was completed, he said that he liked her because she went on TV and admitted that she cheated. I said that if she cheated she should resign but he says that she is a good woman because she admitted cheating so she can stay there. I can’t follow the logic, but it seems that it is ok to cheat if you admit to it, and there will be no recriminations. So all said and done, I think that it is time to go somewhere else, hopefully somewhere that is clean, pollution free, and somewhere that we can truly relax.

I have been reading about Bali on the Internet, and talking to some friends who go there regularly, they highly recommend it. I think that I can handle 2 weeks of , shopping, being waited on hand and foot, and watching my wife enjoy a stress free holiday. She really needs the rest more than I do.

The last few months she has be totally consumed with the planning of our caravan park, trying to raise the funds, find the workers, getting the permits, etc. Now the tragedy of the death of her daughter in-law, she really does need to get away, and clear her head. We need to go somewhere that we don’t know anyone, and don’t have to please anyone other than ourselves. So Bali here we come, one day.