Bali....anyone been?

[Shanti]

so is Ubud up in the hills/mountains? near the rice fields?
Tracy - thanks for the advice/tips! I'm sure i'll have lots of questions! great about bringing young bubs over too, becoz i am not sure at this stage how old our baby will be when we go over there. we plan to go Dec 08 so we want to book dec07 so we have 3mths yet to consider it more.
the food over there sounds delicious!!!! i'd love to stay in seminyak or legian beach we are looking at also... perhaps we could even do a few days up in the hills too like in a village perhaps? wow that sounds great! Kuta sounds nice but if its very crowded perhaps not the best place for us, with a young bub we'll probably just want a relaxing quiet holiday.

Kellx - i've been to NZ before, it is beautiful i agree. We like Asian countries as they are so different to Australia/NZ etc different foods, cultures, sights, sounds... its the whole experience of it. we were in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore in Dec just gone and loved it! loved the bartering of it and ppl chasing us down streets didnt bother us too much at all! we just laughed it off and it was all experiences. i'm sure the beaches wont be as beautiful as ours here though, i live 10mins from one of the most beautiful beaches in the world (Kirra, QLD!). i've heard they are dirtier than our beaches but not BLACK!
thanks for sharing your experiences though its good to hear both good and bad..... at first i was a bit hesitant to go after the drugs and bombings happening but i suppose we cant let things like that stop us otherwise we would never get to see anything in life... and i s'pose anywhere can be bombed too hey. we arent safe anywhere.