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A tale of two cities - Goa in India vs Bali in Indonesia

Ever since i visited bali, my thoughts ran back to GOA, which is one of my favourite destinations. A comparison between Goa and Bali would be ideal in my point of view since both these have many many similiarities. And from the readers perspective who want to choose between Goa and Bali from the table they can come to a clear conclusion of what they are looking for. All other things about these places is available on the internet.     GOA BALI Country ·          India ·          Indonesia Geography ·          Coastal town ·          Island Reaching there ·          Road, Rail, Air, Sea ·          Air, Sea Local commuting ·          Bikes, Taxi available for renting. ·          Bike squads available to drop you at desired location. ·          Bikes, Taxi available for renting Traffic withi

river rafting at bali

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For me  year 2014 ended with a rafting session at Telaga Waja river at Bali, Indonesia. This was my third rafting experience besides barapole and kali rivers in India but definitely the longest and safest experience. Welcome to river rafting at bali We arrived at the rafting spot, with a welcome drink, we were given safety jacket, helmet and paddles. As usual stuff like 'have you been to rafting' , 'I have been many times' , 'Do they take photographs' , 'Is it risky', 'Do i need to know swimming?',  ' Where to collect photographs' , were discussed with new friends. The starting point had a small waterfall sort of. We rushed in water to get accustomed to and soon immersed. Visually appealling Prior to this i have done rafting twice in india. The places aroung Telaga waja river was so scenic, surrounded by mountainous forest, numerous waterfalls(waterfalls in Bangalore-Mangalore Train journey were more numerous), highly rocky,  pr