Long line into Bali

When my friend and I landed at the airport in Bali, Indonesia, on April 29, 2010, it was 12:15 a.m. and the temperature was about 90°F with very high humidity. The wait to get through Immigration was in excess of two hours, and there was no air-conditioning, nowhere to sit and no way to get a bottle of water.

These conditions made me sick to my stomach. I have had heat stroke before.

We spoke about this with our tour guide, hotel employees, people on our tour who had arrived on different flights and also a businessman in line behind us who goes regularly to Bali from Atlanta. They all confirmed that this wait is the norm.

If you’re traveling to Bali, be sure to have a bottle of water before deplaning… plus, if you’re the least bit infirm, some type of portable seat. One man on our tour was sick for four days!

LOUISE ALTHOFF

Surprise, AZ