I found the CD-ROM to be extremely informative in thinking about what to pack, what to expect in customs, where to eat, how to bargain and many more questions I had when considering a trip to Bali. I have actually used the information in this CD-ROM to prepare my "Bali travel book" that I can use as a quick reference while I'm there. It provides first hand practical information that most travel books do not, or would not include about how to travel on a budget. I would highly recommend this CD-ROM to anyone considering a trip to Bali.

The Beginnners guide to Bali prints out at a total of 58 pages triple spaced. The very meager information can be found in any of several Bali travel guides. The only destination in Bali that is treated with any consideration is Kuta. There is nothing at all on Ubud for example. There are several pictures with no indication of where they were taken. Nothing of value here, a real dissapointment especially for a beginner.

look-it's simple- you don't go into a gunfight unarmed-you don't go into Bali for the first time without "The Beginners Guide to Bali". Trust me.

A very, very poor cousin of ISBN: 0894682199. The colors of most plates are significantly distorted by a brownish (sepia) hue significantly changing perception of the originals, and - thus - rendering the paintings very inaccurately ruining this book's visual appeal. Additionally, a bluish hue destorts at least "Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid" on p. 147. The 1998 edition from Abradale (ISBN: 0810981939) was affected by the distorting hues, but they may be also present in ISBN: 0810917300 from Harry N Abrams the former was a reprint of. Each printing has 168 pages.

This a great cd. I would recomend it to people who like instumental music. There are quite a few without words on this one. Almost every song on this cd is wonderful. A few aren't so hot, like Roberta Tovey's "Wait for Me", or Jon Pertwee's "Pure Mystery". But they are by far outweighed by the incredible collection of classics collected on this single cd. "I'm gonna spend my Christmas with a Dalek", for example. That is quite possibly the most hysterical song I've ever heard. (picture a Dalek sitting around the Christmas dinner table saying things like "I Love You", "Please pass the custard and plum pudding" in that mechanical voice) This is just one example of the collection of great songs on this cd. I'm not even particularly fond of instrumental songs and I love the ones on this cd. I would recomend it for any Doctor Who collection.

The music goes no where near fitting any sort of a feel the Dr. Who series usually embodied. Especially the orchestrated versions are extremely jumping and terribly goofy. It is OK, but hard to listen to more than once. The only really interesting novelty is the Jon Pertwee track.