Bali
I am considering a family vacation on Bali as an add-on to a business tirp to that part of the world. I am aware that there is nothing Jewish on Bali. But I think that I could live on salak, rambutan, mangoes and Joburg beef jerky for a few days. Has anyone on this board been there? Did you have any trouble with tefillin at airport security? Was bringing in jerkey a problem?
Or has anyone been there and hired a cottage with a kitchen and done some cooking?
By AdinaA
on Jun 27, 2011 09:00 AM
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I started to do some research on self-catering options in Bali and Thailand in preparation for a month long trip that never happened :(
There is some excellent information on the expat websites such as this one about places to shop for groceries http://www.expat.or.id/info/bali.html
I talked to a few people who went and dined mainly on cooking dishes consisting of rice, local fruit and vegetables, nuts and coffee all of which are supposed to be incredible. They were also able to find some local whole kosher fish at a market - I can't remember, but I think it was grouper. I'm not experienced enough to identify different fish, but perhaps you are.
There is also Tzvika's Place in Koh Samui. It sounded like he was trying to get hashgacha from Israel, and perhaps he has succeeded by now. Please let me know how your trip turns out. It's still on my list...
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Ex-pat stores. I should have thought of that. I guess I associate them with business travel cities. They are a great resource for kosher travel. Human life can be sustained on bananas, Walker's Oatcakes and Skippy Peanut Butter. Thanks.
As for Tzvika's http://www.jewishtraveladvisor.com/ko... it looks like it's real. I love Thailand. But it is hard to imagine making time to do both it and Bali in the same trip.
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Worth the journey just for the the chance to eat the fruit. Seriously. I don't even know what every fruit I ate is called; things they don't sell in the states.
Not to mention the Kopi Luwak (civet-processed coffee, i.e., the civets eat the coffee berries, excreting the beans which are gathered by hand by workers who patrol the coffee plantations for the purpose, and then processed like regular coffee). It really is lovely. Brought some back.
I didn't get to the ex-pat store. Just brought the usual travel rations (jerky, tuna) and supplemented with fresh fruit. Magical place, Bali.
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