The Cheapest Places on Earth: Bali
Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel, January, 1999 by Fredric M. Kaplan
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I felt like Garuda - the monstrous bird of prey of Indonesian mythology - plummeting through the clouds, talons glinting in the sun, primed to ravage the inflation-torn economy of the "island paradise" of Bali. Frothing with anticipation, I figured on a survival budget of $100 per week each for my daughter and me for a decent hotel, good native fare, some spins in the rain forests, and meanderings among batik-draped villages.
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It was a terrible miscalculation. It turns out you can have all those things for more like $30 a week for two! And that leaves enough for a couple of ice-cold Bali Hai beers and a souvenir carved bamboo cockatoo at the airport send-off. Indonesia's financial tailspin reached a crescendo with the departure from office of the little-loved President Suharto in May 1998, but all the flap had little direct bearing on life and tourism on ...
