By skyforbes So this happened to me in July, but I’ve only just now started to realise what actually happened.
I do drink alcohol (not excessively though) and I can handle my drinks pretty well. I ALWAYS know my limit and I’d never had any form of blackout… until I went to Bali.
My husband and I went out for dinner one night. At the restaurant he had one beer and I had one glass of wine. We were quite tired so decided to head back to our hotel.
On our way back to the hotel, we felt like a snack so we went to a convenience store. The store we went to was the closest one to our hotel. We bought our snacks and on the way out we noticed that the store had put up a pop up bar with a DJ outside. It looked super fun!
We stayed and hung out at the “bar”. There were other tourists there and nobody came across as “weird”. There were no obvious red flags and I never felt like I was in danger.
I ordered a vodka soda for me and a vodka coke for my husband, paid with my card… and that’s the last thing either of us remember.
Next thing I know, we wake up (luckily safely) in our hotel room. I had what felt like the absolute worst hangover I’ve ever had in my life! I could barely see, I had horrible cramps, could barely walk and had no memory of getting back to the hotel. When my husband woke up, he was the same. My first thought was that we went on a crazy bender but I checked my bank account and receipts. It confirmed that we actually didn’t drink much!
We then realised we were both covered in bad bruises, I’d lost my shoes, and the room was flooded! To this day I’m SO confused as to why the room was flooded and how I lost my shoes.
It’s only recently that I learned the dangers of methanol poisoning and realised that happened to us. We were SO lucky that it wasn’t worse. A lot of people die or go blind from it!
This is not to put anyone off from travelling to Bali, or anywhere else, just a PSA to do your research before travelling and don’t make stupid mistakes like me! Never ever drink spirits at bars or, preferably, don’t drink spirits at all!
Bali is lovely and amazing. Just don’t be an idiot like me!