Friday Flashback – Welcome to Asia

Posted by Dave on 15 May 2009. Tags: bali

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Typical Balinese offering to the Gods

Kuta Beach, Bali gave me my first taste of true hawker-fueled frustration when traveling abroad. On the other hand, I lived off the lessons I learned that first day when traveling throughout the rest of Asia (and later Egypt).

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Dave Lee (Editor-in-Chief) blogged his way around the world from 2007-2009, and then started Travel Blog Success to teach others how to do the same. When not writing, he can be found salsa dancing, and lamenting his untimely departure from Medellin. Follow him on Twitter @rtwdave

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Christian Haugen

I actually think that's the way to go. We had India as our first destination and that hardened my bargaining skills and my abilty to get rid of hawkers. The rest of Southeast Asia was a walk in the park after Old Delhi :)