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For many travelers, Bali is the unique island of the Gods, or the island of thousand temples. These are simply 2 of the nicknames, given to Bali by clever tourism marketing individuals.

That sounds mysterious and exciting. And for many tourists it is enough to go to several temples, to admire the exotic charm of another world from the surface, and probably relish some low-cost massages in an exceedingly spa. On my initial visit to Bali that's been enough on behalf of me additionally. however i used to be infected at constant time. a plague had overwhelmed me. a virulent disease known as Bali. Since those times I even have been to Bali fairly often, have created many friends and experienced the "real", the initial Bali. The Bali beyond the illusory tourism-world.

For many years I stayed, whenever I actually have been to Bali, with my Balinese adoptive family. I shared their everyday live. therefore I got terribly deep insights into the culture of the island. And then it happened, that I met the Balinese vespa.

Amazingly, there is a awfully attention-grabbing Vespa scene in Indonesia. this is because in Java until the year 2001 Vespas were created. The recent scooters are currently usually taken over by "young guns" to organize them. There are three fractions. the first tries to restore Vespas faithfully. in this scene, you'll meet real beautyful scooters.

There are also two different types of "scooterists": extreme and gembel. The "extreme" amendment their Vespas often therefore, that you just would not imagine that there's still a vespa-engine within the heart of the newly formed vehicle. there's a variety from "choppers" to a variety of trikes and even tiny cars.

The "Gembels" (the Indonesian word 'gembel' = terribly poor, ragged, torn down), however, attach utmost importance to their Vespas just ragged, torn, rusted and nearly sort of a moving pile of garbage come along. There are holes cut into the bodies and everything is omitted, which isn't fully necessary. usually have Gembel Vespas sidecars in the sort of a platform with a bamboo roof, sometimes even the classic sidecar-form as permeable grid structure made from tubes welded along.

All this is attainable as a result of a vehicle inspection by authorities isn't performed. As long as there are papers within which the chassis variety and engine variety are shown properly, you can unscrew the registration code of the "former" Vespa, merely put it on the redesigned vehicle - and no one complains... Common to any or all scooteristsin Indonesia is, that they're organized in clubs where shut cohesion is practiced. And in fact there are plenty of shared tours. Highlights are as in Europe, the massive Vespa meetings.

We from Bali Vespa tour offers tourists the experience to hitch tours with members of the native Vespa scene. Our guests will get deep into the Balinese culture on our journeys (including mixed Vespa / trekking). they are available to places that different visitors to Bali have rarely seen. And last but not least they'll have several contacts with friendly locals who do not want to sell anything to the guest, because it happens elsewhere within the encounter between tourists and Balinese way too typically.