I have booked a trip to Bali (my first time there) in the last week of October for 7 days. Intention is to be able to work remotely from my accommodation for the first 3 days and then take time off for the remaining. After reading previous posts here about Bali and other travel sites, I'm thinking of splitting my time between Sanur or Jimbaran (when I'm working) and then Canggu / Seminyak for the last 4 days, although I'm open to spending the entire stay in one location preferably Seminyak so I'm close to the nightlife. Budget is under $250 USD/ night When I'm working, I need somewhere with d ..read more

We are visiting Bali later this year and would appreciate FT recommendations for must-eat restaurants. I've been trying to research online but TA reviews are mostly fake and independent non-blogger food reviews are limited. As context, we live in Los Angeles so we have good access to excellent cuisine in general (Western, Mexican, Asian etc.) so we would prefer to eat Balinese/Indonesian food. However, since prices are much cheaper in Bali, we would be open to eating even Western cuisines if they're truly world class, especially if our 3 small kids get tired of eating Indonesian food and star ..read more

In major Indian cities like Bangalore, as a leisure traveler, even I can afford to have a luxury hotel do my laundry on a per-item basis. Is the same true in Jakarta ..read more

Looks like Sri Lanka have shifted their ETA visa to a new VFS managed system and really hiked up the rates as well. Wondering if it's still possible to do a Visa free Land side transit if the stop is less than 24 hrs and one is headed to a third destination ..read more

I'm on a cruise ship ending in Tapei, Taiwan on June 5. Want to fly to Tokyo (HND) airport right afterwards for another cruise a couple days later. Google says there's 2 airports: TPE and TSA Which one to take? Also, one way from TSA-HND @ 4:20pm on ANA costs $320. :eek: (I have no status on any airline ..read more

Just my short experience to anyone may concern I flew Saturday 4 May with MH econ. from KL to CGK. I request my luggage to be sent to ATH via CAI. I would fly Egypt Air at May 5, 00.50 business. After arrival at 17:35 I reached CGK transfer desk and entry visa office next to it. I asked the lady there for my transfer and see replied "wait for the Malaysia airlines crew to guide you". After 30 minutes I asked again when they will arrive.This time she told me to go upstairs and ask the guard at baggage control. The guard took me downstairs again, called someone on his radio. Then took pic of me ..read more

Hi, I would like to get the ball rolling on what you guys think ae the best places to live in Bali based on certain lifestyles. My thoughts are the followings: Nature lover, quiet atmosphere - Ubud Shopping and dining enthusiast - Canggu Digital nomads - Seminyak Surfers - Canggu, Uluwatu Let me know what you guys think and how you would change this list ..read more

My wife, kid and I are planning to travel to Taiwan this summer. We are Indian passport holders. I hold a valid US visa. None of us have been to Taiwan before. I'm a little confused about the visa requirements.e Can I or my whole family get an eTA? Suggestions and guidance would be very helpful ..read more

We will be arriving in Tashkent airport at 130AM. This is our first trip to Uzbekistan. After clearing customs and immigrations, I figure it would be 230AM or 3AM. Will there be taxi service to downtown Tashkent (to the Hilton hotel) at this time of day? Thanks ..read more

I'm planning my first ever trip to Indonesia. I'm looking at booking an award ticket on SQ flying SFO-SIN(stopover)-DPS. During the SIN stopover, I'd book a separate SIN-KNO (Medan) round-trip, before continuing on to DPS. My question is if there might be issues leaving and re-entering Indonesia a day later. We would fly KNO-SIN one day, and SIN-DPS the next. I ask because a friend recently left New Zealand during a vacation there for a family issue, and returned a few days later, and was heavily interrogated by immigration upon returning to NZ ..read more