Yes you can visit Bali without a visa.

But only if you are a citizen of one of the following 63 countries:

Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria,
Cambodia, Canada, China, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia,
Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland,
Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Laos, Latvia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Maldives, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman,
Panama, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia,
Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Surinam, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan
Territory, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the USA.

(Besides these countries, it should also be noted that citizens from ASEAN countries do NOT need a visa to visit Bali of course)

In the case of citizens of the 63 countries above, you will be asked to get a visa at the airport: either for a seven-day visit (at a cost of US$10) or a 30-day visit (at a cost of US$25).

These visas are NOT extendable, so if you want to stay longer in Bali it’s better to get a social or business visa from an Indonesian embassy overseas BEFORE you come to Bali.

Note also that your passport must be valid for at least 6 months from the date of entry. If it’s not, then you will be put on a return flight and your dream holiday in Bali will remain just that – a dream!

Be it a large city or a small provincial town, one thing is for sure – and that is one of its streets will be named Jalan Sudirman.

In Jakarta, Jalan Sudirman is the great thoroughfare which cuts through the heart of the city on a north south axis and which is lined by some of the cities most important buildings: towering skyscrapers, luxury hotels and plush shopping malls.

The man honored, General Sudirman, was the military commander of Indonesia’s armed forces during the country’s fight for independence from the Dutch in the 1940s.

Sudirman’s appointment of Army Chief in November 1945 at just 30 years of age, made him the first and youngest general of the Indonesian army.

The first battle he led was the battle of Ambarawa (November-December 1945), which pitted his troops against the British and the Dutch who had ostensibly come to the Dutch East Indies to repatriate Japanese soldiers, Allied prisoners of war and former internees, but seemingly had the ulterior motive of reasserting Dutch authority in the archipelago.

But Sudirman was mostly sick with tuberculosis over the next five years and died in Magelang in January 1950, aged just 35.

A socialist, a capitalist and a communist agreed to meet. The socialist was late. 'Excuse me for being late, I was standing in a queue for sausages.'
'And what is a queue?' the capitalist asked.
'And what is a sausage?' the communist asked.

Sukarno of course went a little too far in tinkering with communism, and subsequently paid the price. Suharto took over and at least 500,000 people were killed according to some estimates. Most of those butchered were peasants who didn’t really have a clue about politics. But hey – that’s life. And death of course. The Americans did their bit, supplying names of those to be killed (how times change eh?), and the slaughter got underway. Read the account of a former CIA operative in Indonesia here.

But Sukarno had had a good innings. Like most “socialist” leaders, he had accumulated a huge fortune and spent the nation’s money on elaborate projects like the Senayan Sports Stadium and Monas (a huge phallic monument honoring his manhood according to some) while his people starved. He even had time to seek out suitable marriage partners in Japanese nightclubs.

But what most people don’t know is that Sukarno also had a crush on one of the sexiest women of all time, the gorgeous Marilyn Monroe.

Happy Labor Day!


I’ll give you Bali, if you say yes…