I hope you didn’t think I perished in Bali, having left the blog hanging there weeks ago! I found a clean place to stay in Kuta, without airconditioning, but with two swimming pools (one was obviously not enough for the ambitious owners). There I caught up with a little sleep and set off to discover Kuta - still a hugely popular destination for Australian beach and party lovers who want to go abroad, but not too far. The weather was perfect, as were the warm sea and long sandy beach. There seemed to be no crowds, and the people were friendly enough. The population in Kuta was probably half Indonesian, half visitors, and most of the visitors were Australian. There were plenty of beach-salesmen - not selling beaches, but aggressively selling everything you could possibly want
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