ROYAL CLIFF BEACH RESORT

Royal Cliff Beach Resort represents Pattaya, Thailand in ’10 Most Beautiful and World Class Beach Resorts”

Trifter.com, a unique website which publishes articles on the biggest travel destinations and the smallest unexplored points of interest where travelogues come from writers around the world has recently featured an article listing the ‘10 Most Beautiful and World-Class Beach Resorts’ which include Cancun Beach in Mexico, Nha Trang in Vietnam and Atlantis Paradise island in Bahamas.

Pattaya and Thailand is also represented with the world famous Royal Cliff Beach Resort being the only Thai based destination on the list. The article presents Thailand as one of the world’s top 10 most popular holiday destinations with many world class tourist attractions on offer, and goes on to highlight the four luxury 5-star hotels within the resort as well as some of the famous events which have taken place at the resort.

It can only provide a fillip to Thailand and the tourism industry that the Royal Cliff Beach Resort continues to be regularly featured in international and online publications.

The article by the respected journalist Mr. Norbert Solaria Bermosa can be found at trifter.com which also includes tourism guides, reports on local cuisine, and helpful tips from experienced travelers.

The Royal Cliff Beach Resort is an internationally acclaimed luxury hotel resort situated between Pattaya and Jomtien in a 64-acre tropical, beachside private estate overlooking the azure waters of the Gulf of Siam

CHINESE NEW YEAR FESTIVAL IN THAILAND

Chinese New Year Festival in Thailand
Date : 5 - 22 February 2010
Venue : Bangkok (Chinatown on Yaowarat Road, CentralWorld Plaza, The National Theatre), Suphan Buri, Ratchaburi, Ayutthaya, Chonburi (Pattaya), Chiang Mai, Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Ratcha Srima, Songhkla (Hat Yai), and Phuket.

One of the main venues in Bangkok is the city’s Chinatown, a fascinating maze of streets and lanes crammed with shops, restaurants and street-side stalls. But there are celebrations to mark the arrival of the Year of the Tiger in the city’s up-scale shopping district around Central World Plaza and the National Theatre next to Sanam Luang.

Chinese communities abound in various provinces in Thailand, so visitors are never too far from the colourful, robust celebrations that mark the arrival of the New Year. Phuket town on the southern island is an important venue for both religious and social celebrations. Ayutthaya 70 km north of Bangkok is another popular venue, while Pattaya on the eastern seaboard, Chiang Mai in the north and Songkhla on the southern coastline of the Gulf of Thailand are equally impressive places to visit during Chinese New Year celebrations.

MACHU PICCHU MUDSLIDES STRAND 1900 TOURISTS

27 Jan 2010

Flooding and mudslides near Peru's historic ruins of Machu Picchu have stranded 1900 tourists, emergency services said.

An operation to airlift the foreigners out of the southeastern disaster zone hit was suspended because of heavy rain after just 75 were flown out by helicopter.
There are reports five people have died.

Peru's presidential chief of staff Javier Velasquez traveled to Cusco with emergency-level ministers and officials to evaluate the situation and coordinate rescues.

The country's civil defense service said it estimated the homes of 1300 people in poor rural areas - many of them riverside dwellings made of clay and straw - had been destroyed. Another 12,000 people were affected to a lesser degree, losing possessions or suffering property damage.
In Cusco, where a 60-day state of emergency has been declared, two bridges collapsed and 250 houses were destroyed.

Machu Picchu is one of the most popular destinations for tourists in Latin America, attracting more than 400,000 visitors a year.
The 15th-century Inca ruins are located on a high mountain ridge 70 kilometres from Cusco. A railway that transports tourists to the site was covered by a mudslide

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS TO BUILD SOUTH KOREAN PARK

Universal Studios has signed a contract with 14 partners, including the Lotte Group, to build a KRW3 trillion (US$2.7 billion) theme park in South Korea, according to a Korea Herald report.

The resort, to be developed in the northwestern province of Gyeonggi, will create as many as 100,000 jobs, provincial governor Kim Moon Soo was reported saying in Seoul yesterday. The resort, which will also include hotels, a water park, golf course and a shopping mall, is slated to open in early 2014.

Universal Parks and Resorts Chairman and CEO, Thomas Williams, was reported saying that he believed the resort would attract “a substantial segment” of the South Korean population, as well as a growing number of Asian international tourists.

He added that movie director,Steven Spielberg, a creative consultant Universal Parks and Resorts, is expected to take part in the project. “He already has a number of ideas that I think will contribute to making it quite unique and, in the spirit of differentiation, something that caters to an international crowd,” Williams was quoted saying.

CHINA TO RESTORE BUDDHA CLIFF CARVING

China’s oldest cliff-carved Buddha statue is to be saved from collapse, with a US$10.8 million restoration, the BBC reported, citing state media.

The 1,459 year-old statue, carved into the Meng Mountain in Shanxi province, had faced collapse, but the restoration project will now stabilise the statue and surrounding hillside.

TOURISM COMPANIES COME TO AID HAITI

Companies from across the travel and tourism industry have pledged support and aid to the Caribbean nation of Haiti, in the wake of the devastating earthquake that rocked its capital, Port-au-Prince last week.

Royal Caribbean Cruises has announced its plans to provide at least US$1 million in humanitarian relief to Haiti, delivering much needed goods and supplies to Haiti via their cruise ships. Another cruise line, Crystal Cruises, is donating at least US$5 million toward relief efforts.
The funds will be forwarded to several different international organisations coordinating relief efforts within the country.

From the hotel sector, Best Western International has announced that Best Western Rewards members can now contribute rewards points to the massive relief effort. Programme members can visit the company’s website to make a donation to World Vision. InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) is also encouraging members of its Priority Club Rewards member programme to donate their points to the American Red Cross for Haitian Earthquake Relief.

The American Red Cross is also being assisted by Continental Airlines, which is offering a scheme whereby its OnePass FFP members can donate to the charitable organisation. Continental is also waiving change fees and additional fare collections for certain tickets to the Dominican Republic, adjacent to Haiti, in order to help the evacuation effort.
China’s HNA Group, which owns Hainan Airlines, has donated CNY500,000 (US$73,000) each to two humanitarian organisations for relief and reconstruction efforts.

Across the industry, companies are contributing to the huge relief effort in an unprecedented response.

“BIG 5” LUNCHEON GRANDE PROVENCE HERITAGE WINE ESTATE

The annual “Big 5” luncheon held to raise awareness and funds for The Multiple Sclerosis Society of South Africa (MSSA) will take place at the five-star Grande Provence Heritage Wine Estate in Franschhoek on May 2. The “Big 5” 2010 event will feature five top South African chefs led by Executive Chef Jacques De Jager from The Restaurant at Grande Provence, who will present a five-course gourmet meal complemented by Grande Provence wines. Live entertainment will take place throughout the day and five items will be auctioned. Tickets can be purchased from the Estate.

Grande Provence Heritage Wine Estate wears her 300-year history with style. Nestled within the Franschhoek Valley in the Western Cape, surrounded by 47-acres of lush vines, this is heartland South African wine country at its finest.
The Estate is home to Grande Provence’s award-winning wines and its passionate wine making team. Following harvest every year, carefully selected wines leave the Estate to compete in some of the world’s most prestigious competitions – the number and frequency of the awards bears testament to their success.
A sophisticated destination in its own right, Grande Provence proudly presents superb cuisine at The Restaurant, fine wines at The Tasting Room, some of South Africa’s finest art at The Gallery & The Shop, receptions and boutique conferences at The Jonkershuis and 5-star accommodation at The Owner’s Cottage.

CLUB MED PHUKET LAUNCHES BABY CLUB

January 12, 2010: Club Med believes that a great holiday is fun, stress-free and filled with memorable moments for all your family. The official launch in December 2009 of the first “Baby Club” in Asia at their magnificent Resort in Phuket, will enable guests with even the youngest of families to enjoy some quality down time together.

ABOUT ASIA’S FIRST BABY CLUB AT CLUB MED PHUKET

Club Med’s dedicated services for children has always made things nice and easy for parents at our family Resorts while providing all the attention and tender care that little ones need.
The new Baby Club takes care of little ones with two groups - The PANDAS - aged between 4 months and walking age - and the NEMOS from walking age to 23 months

Days are adapted to suit the biological rhythms of each baby. Parents can leave their babies at the attractively designed and furnished Baby Club rooms and proceed to enjoy their own activities in the Resort with peace of mind.

Five good reasons to choose the Baby Club Med for your little ones
1. Parents can be rest assured that their little ones are in good hands. Club Med has many years of experience with babies and its professional staff is specially trained in childcare. These specialists have only a limited number of babies under their supervision to ensure the best attention for baby. The Baby Club is managed by a Baby Club Manager who is certified with the highest degree in early childhood care in Europe and who has also been trained in Asia to understand Asian standards.
2. Little ones are curious about their environment so the Baby Club is designed with materials and facilities that will appeal to baby’s sense of sight, smell, sound and touch.
3. Babies enjoy a program that is specially tailored and adapted to their biological rhythm. Nutrition, sleep and play are all perfectly balanced to keep babies in good spirits.
4. Parents can also enjoy activities such as baby massages, swim sessions and baby gym with their baby at the Baby Club. ‘Edutainment’ activities include puppet shows, colour and shape recognition games, sing-along sessions and making bubbles.
5. Parents can enjoy their Club Med holiday knowing that babies are well taken care of at the Baby Club.

WLDERNESS SAFARIS CAMPS RATED TOPS BY LEADING TRAVEL PUBLICATIONS

Wilderness Safaris Camps Rated Tops by Leading Travel Publications: Condé Nast Traveler and Travel + Leisure Highlight Numerous Camps

January 2010 - Wilderness Safaris is thrilled to announce that a number of its camps featured prominently in Condé Nast Traveler's 16th annual Gold List and Travel + Leisure's "T+L 500 World's Best Hotels."

Jao, Mombo and Little Mombo, Vumbura Plains, Xigera and Savuti Camps all made Condé Nast's Gold List, which is considered to be "the ultimate annotated guide to the world's finest properties and cruise lines," as elected by more than 25 000 Condé Nast Traveler readers.

Jao Camp and Mombo/Little Mombo featured as two of the three places in the category 'Best by Location for Africa' (both receiving perfect scores of 100), as well as in 'Best Activities in Africa,' with scores of 98.4 and 96.4 respectively. Vumbura Plains was one of three Best by Design in Africa (with a score of 97.3).

Mombo and Little Mombo were proclaimed as "Africa at its finest," with a perfect-scoring location "so exquisite, a movie set couldn't replicate it." Jao also received outstanding reviews: "This is one of those special places that stay in your mind forever; a perfect-scoring location on an island with lagoons, grasslands, and floodplains; a mixture of fantasy and functionality; with canvas-and-thatch tents that fit the environment."

Travel + Leisure's World's Best Hotels lists the top 500 properties in the world, which are voted for by its readers. In the 2010 World's Best, Botswana camps Mombo and Little Mombo garnered a score of 90.42, while DumaTau Camp was awarded 83.93. The River Club was one of four Zambia properties that made the list, with a score of 87.22 and a recommendation to "spend an afternoon sipping Pimm's Cups and playing croquet on the inn's course!"

Wilderness Safaris is pleased to be recognised on such prestigious lists, particularly as they are based on reader votes and thus on the personal experience of discerning travellers.

UNEXPECTED VISITOR AT TUBU HIDE - BOTSWANA

Sighting: Unexpected visitor at Tubu Hide
Location: Jao Concession, Okavango Delta
Date: 01 January 2010
Observer: Kambango Sinimbo
Photograph: Grant Atkinson

The Jao Concession's Hunda Island is a wild, remote corner of the Okavango Delta. While we are used to some incredible wildlife sightings, some are certainly more unexpected than others.
Tubu Tree Camp guide Kambango Sinimbo and his guests had planned to enjoy a typically peaceful late afternoon coupled with the mandatory glorious sunset with a sundowner stop at Tubu Hide. They were all in for a pleasant surprise however.

As Kambango pulled up to the hide showing his guests the famous bush loo with a view while checking the adjoining floodplains for wildlife he casually said, "Let's stretch our legs here and climb up into the hide with our sundowners." No sooner had he said this when one of his guests responded, "Is that a stuffed toy up there on the hide?" After some reversing of the Land Rover and excited yells of "Stop!" and cameras clicking, Kambango reversed a little more to reveal the 'gate crasher' in all his glory - a resplendent male leopard stretched out on Tubu Hide.

He was totally relaxed and had made himself completely at home. Kambango was so surprised that all he could do was laugh and savour this easy leopard sighting.

CHINATOWN CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATIONS - SINGAPORE

2010 - YEAR OF THE TIGER

Event Dates : 23rd Jan 2010 to 7th Mar 2010
Venue: Chinatown
Category:Family Entertainment, Heritage, Light-up, Cultural Celebration, Chinese event

Chinatown is a key focal point for Chinese New Year festivities in the few weeks leading up to Chinese New Year and a few weeks following that. Visitors can immerse in the entire Chinese cultural experience and experience the festive hustle and bustle simply by walking the streets of Chinatown. Chinatown is also where local Chinese congregate year after year to shop for the necessary new year items for the home and to soak in the festive atmosphere.

Key highlights at Chinatown:
Festive Street Stall, 23 Jan – 13 Feb
• Venue : Pagoda, Smith, Sago, Temple and Trengganu Streets, and People’s Park Complex
Nightly Stage Shows, 23 Jan – 13 Feb
• Venue: Kreta Ayer Square
Chinatown Chinese New Year Celebrations 2010 Countdown on 13 Feb
• Venue: Eu Tong Sen Street & New Bridge Rd
Chinatown Yuan Xiao Jie on 28 Feb
• Venue: Eu Tong Sen Street & New Bridge Road

TicketingFree

Getting There: Chinatown MRT station (NE4)

OASIS OF THE SEA

Oasis, which embarked on its maiden voyage on December 5 2009, is the biggest cruise ship ever built:
– So big that if stood on end it would be taller than either the highest skyscraper at Canary Wharf in London or the Chrysler Building in New York.
– So big that it can carry 6,296 passengers at a time.
– So big that it needs at least 312,000 passengers a year – It has to fill up every week because it only makes seven-night cruises.
– So big that British travel agents are worried they may not find enough aircraft seats between Britain and Florida to supply it. Four out of 10 British holidaymakers booking a West Indies cruise with the ship's owners, Royal Caribbean, are choosing to go on Oasis.
– And so big that $75 million has been spent on tripling the size of the Port Everglades terminal at Fort Lauderdale from where it sails, and new docks have been built around the Caribbean to berth it.

There are 21 pools on board including whirlpools, two of which stick out from the side of the ship like an epaulette high above the ocean. The AquaTheatre pool is almost 18ft deep. It's used for swimming and scuba diving lessons by day and for a water show at night – part Peterhof Palace in Russia, with fountains spurting 65ft in the air, and part Olympics, with synchronised diving and gymnasts bouncing off a trampoline.

The spa is the largest at sea, the fitness centre the biggest and the jogging track the longest. And for children, Oasis is a huge adventure playground where there's a children's theatre and science lab.
At night, as well as the jazz and the dancing, the karaoke and the guys doing stand-up in the comedy club, there is a Broadway musical in the Opal Theatre.

Size matters
Length: 360m (or just over 3.5 football pitches) - a "superjumbo" Airbus A380 is 73m long; the RMS Titanic was 269m long.
Height: 72m above the waterline - the same height as a 23-storey building
Displacement: 100,000 tonnes - equal to a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier
Speed: 22.6 knots
Cost: $1.4 billion

TRAVEL CHAOS RETURNS TO FREEZING EUROPE

The freezing weather sweeping across Europe has disrupted flights at airports in the UK, France, Ireland and the Netherlands.

According to a BBC report, flights were delayed or cancelled in Paris, Dublin and Amsterdam, as well as major UK airports.

A London-bound Eurostar train was stuck for about two hours in the Channel Tunnel on Thursday, while in Germany two trains have derailed in as many days, leading to delays and cancellations. Last month the Eurostar service was suspended for three days after several trains broke down in the tunnel. Powdery snow getting into the engines was identified as the cause.

In southern England, some 4,000 people were left without electricity after snow brought down power lines.

The cold snap is also affecting Scandinavian countries.
In Hemavan, in the far north of Sweden, a new winter low of -40.8C (-41.4F) was recorded overnight, Radio Sweden reports.
The Arctic freeze has also seen temperatures in central Sweden plummet to between -30 and -40C - the coldest weather since the mid-1980s.
In Norway, temperatures plummeted to -40C in some areas. The capital Oslo ran a reduced bus service because engine oil had frozen.

ROAD TUNNEL PLANNED UNDER DELHI AIRPORT

Authorities in Delhi are planning to build a six-lane road underneath the main runway of India Gandhi International Airport, The Times of India has reported.

The road will allow access to the airport’s new Terminal 3, which is planning to open three months from now.
The new link will be about 1.5km long with a 343m tunnel section under the runway. The total cost will be approximately INR650 million (US$14 million), the report added.

NEW YORK BEATS ORLANDA FOR MOST POPULAR U.S. DESTINATION

While the once most-visited Orlando boasts year-round sunny skies, adventurous theme parks, and a multitude of family attractions, it’s New York that takes the cake in the most popular US destination.

More than 45 million tourists visited the Big Apple in 2009, and tourist officials predict even more of an upswing – precisely 3.2 percent more – in the following year, according to USA Today.

There are plenty of reasons that tourists travel to New York all year round. In the winter, Rockefeller Center illuminates with an enormously lit Christmas tree and an inviting skating rink for the public. Shoppers come in droves to explore New York’s unparalleled retail displays, and glamorous hotels put on holiday promotions to help visitors ring in the New Year in Times Square.

Spring and fall bring breezy, cool weather, and distinct fashion shows from top-notch international designers. Summertime brings celebrities and socialites to the Hamptons, but gourmet restaurants, world-class museums, and diverse nightlife keep you going in this spinning metropolis no matter what season.

Bold art and Broadway shows make this city’s edge come alive with color and music. Explore the gritty and stylish streets of Greenwich Village, and revel in academia of schools like NYU and Columbia.

GODDESS OF MERCY TO VISIT VIETNAM

The giant statue of the Goddess of Mercy, which is made from the largest jade block in the world, will be brought to Vietnam in mid-January 2010.

The 1.1m high, 285kg statue is sculpted from the largest jade block in the world in Canada. In 2008, part of this jade block was used to make a Buddha statue of 2.7m high, 4 tonnes in weight.

The Goddess of Mercy statue will appear at the Chiang Rai Pagoda in Thailand on January 15. It will also appear afterwards at a great celebration held by the Thai royal family in Bangkok.

The statue will then be brought to the Quan The Am Pagoda in Danang on January 19.From January to April, the statue will appear at Hanoi, HCMC, Hai Duong, Nghe An, Ha Tinh and Quang Binh.

WORLD THAI MARTIAL ARTS FESTIVAL - THAILAND

CELEBRATION NAIKHANOM TOM DAY ASSOCIATION INSTITUTE OF THAI MARTIAL ARTS & WORLD MUAYTHAI FEDERATION
Wai-Kru Ceremony Muay Boran & Krabi – Krabong SeminarNai Khanomtom Pro/Championships Belt
Date: 10 - 17 March 2010
Venue: City of Ayutthaya Stadium, Ayutthaya, Thailand

In Muay Thai, the boxer will always preface the fight with Wai Kru and this tradition is still practised nowadays. This ceremony is usually performed to rousing Thai music from pipes and drums, and with the initial Ram Muay (the boxing movement). The Wai Kru & Ram Muay are useful, since the Boxer gains encouragement from paying homage to his Teachers and feels that he is not on his own: he has his Teacher & the other Teachers of the Muay Thai discipline to support him.

The Wai Kru process will also give him time to concentrate & revise what he has learned, as well as display the nature of his weapons and the high degree of his skill. The steps, movements & use of his weapons are designed to warm up the body’s muscles, survey the field of play & conceal the contestant’s style of fighting. When the traditional Sarama music sounds around the ring it is recognised by all who are present as a symbol of deference & respect. Prior to the fight, the music helps to urge the fighter on, and rouses his spirit until he is ready to face his opponent in the boxing ring in manly combat.

BURJ KHALIFA TOWER OPENS - DUBAI

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Dubai has opened the world's tallest skyscraper, hoping to shift international attention away from the Gulf emirate's deep financial crisis and rekindle the optimism that once fueled its turbocharged growth.

Thousands of residents and tourists have crowded around the tapering half-mile high tower, which stands at least 160 stories high. The 828-meter-tall Burj Khalifa tower, named after the president of the UAE and ruler of emirate of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, opened on 04 Jan 2010.

Dubai's hereditary ruler unveiled a plaque at the tower's base, kicking off inaugural festivities that included traditional Gulf Arab dance performances and skydivers landing parachutes emblazoned with the colors of the United Arab Emirates flag near the tower's base.
The developer of the newly opened tower said it cost about $1.5 billion to build the tapering metal-and-glass spire billed as a "vertical city" of luxury apartments and offices. It boasts four swimming pools, a private library and a hotel designed by Giorgio Armani.

The Burj's developers say they are confident in the safety of the tower, which is more than twice the height of New York's Empire State Building's roof. Greg Sang, Emaar's director of projects, said the Burj has "refuge floors" at 25 to 30 story intervals that are more fire resistant and have separate air supplies in case of emergency. And its reinforced concrete structure, he said, makes it stronger than steel-frame skyscrapers.

AMAZING XMAS DRIVE AT PAFURI

Sighting: Big Game for Christmas at Pafuri
Location: Pafuri Camp, Makuleke Concession, Kruger National Park
Date: 25 December 2009
Observer: Enos Mngomezulu

On Christmas Day this year, I took the Meyer family on an afternoon game drive. Within our first kilometre we were enjoying a sighting of an adult male lion close to the banks of the Luvuvhu River. He had just caught a young baboon - in fact, one of the guides had found him by responding to the frenzy of loud baboon and nyala barks, as these animals reacted in alarm to the sudden killing of one of their own.

We enjoyed the sighting and then left the large male lying in the shade with his prize, expecting to see him reunite with his pride after dark. As we moved along the northern banks of the Luvuvhu we saw a couple of elephant bulls and then two consecutive breeding herds, all of which had been attracted to the waters of the river because of the heat of this day. This is pretty standard at Pafuri where elephant viewing during the dryer months of the year is very good. We were very surprised as we watched the second breeding herd however to notice no fewer than six white rhino grazing nearby. The rhino were in two groups of three and we gazed our fill before moving off for well-earned sundowners on what had been a hot but thrilling afternoon.

Nature wasn't done with us yet though. About two hundred metres from the rhino and elephant sighting, we spotted a female leopard about 20 metres from the road. While we viewed the leopard, an elephant bull in musth started approaching the vehicle. At the same time the leopard started moving along the road, and I reversed along the road keeping an eye on both animals. Over the next 15 minutes the elephant moved in between us and the leopard, sometimes obscuring our view, as he contemplated our vehicle. Eventually as we reversed to follow the leopard which was moving away from us, the elephant bull decided to pass and left us with our leopard. The leopard crossed the road behind us and started stalking some impala, at some stage being lost to our view in the undergrowth, allowing us to leave the sighting and stretch our legs with a cold drink.

After sundowners we headed back to camp, it was now getting dark and we sighted one buffalo bull along the road to add to our mammal tally for the afternoon that had also included kudu, impala, vervet monkey, bushbuck, waterbuck and warthog.

That was my Christmas present!

THE SINGAPORE AIRSHOW 2010

A Weekend of Flying Feat and Fun by the Sea

The Singapore Airshow 2010 is a 6-day event, taking place from 2 to 7 February 2010. The first 4 days are exclusively for trade attendees while the final 2 weekend days are open to public.

Expect Singapore Airshow 2010 to be 2 thrilling weekend days of excitement and adventure. There will be stunning flying display to see, innovative inventions to explore, amazing aircraft to admire and exclusive memorabilia to pick up. So come early to experience the exhilaration of one of the best airshows in the world!

Singapore Airshow 2010 will be held at the purpose-built Changi Exhibition Centre (CEC). Conveniently located just 20 minutes from the Central Business District and 10 minutes from Singapore’s Changi Airport, CEC is sited on an immense expanse of land that comprises spacious fully-air-conditioned covered halls and extensive outdoor display areas.

On the weekend, the public can enjoy numerous exhibitions, fairground attractions and amazing aerial displays at this magnificent venue by the sea. Stretching some 400 metres of coastline, CEC is the perfect place for exhibitors, visitors and the public to take in the best of the Airshow.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR PASSENGERS TRAVELLING TO USA

Prior to boarding, all passengers will be subject to:-
Full body pat-downs, concentrating on upper legs and torso.
100% physical inspection of all passenger accessible property, with focus on syringes being transported along with powders and/or liquids.
Strict adherence to restrictions on liquids, aerosols and gels.
Passengers who have been screened will not be allowed to mingle with passengers who have not been subjected to the same screening requirements.
Onboard passengers will have to remain in their assigned seats.

These regulations will apply to all airlines and have been introduced with effect from 26 Dec 2009 in the interest of passenger’s safety.

BALI'S LIFEGUARDS

Bali's team of lifeguards are credited with saving 348 people from drowning in 2009, while, during the same period, they have reduced the number of actual drowning deaths on Bali's southern beaches.
Bali answer to "Baywatch" works from 16 life-saving posts spread across the Badung regency, including stands at Nusa Dua, Uluwatu, Kuta, Legian and Canggu. During the current peak holiday period of Christmas and New Years, the Bali lifeguards are on full alert to safeguard beach visitors flocking to Bali's most popular swimming beaches.
The 16 lifeguard posts are manned on two shifts from 7:00 am - 2:00 pm and 12:00 noon until 7:00 pm. This scheduling provides for overlap between noon and 2:00 pm when Bali's beaches are busiest.