Blogs from Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 8

After the hidiously early start for our flight, we were finally on our way to Bali, all good! Until Rach started throwing up on the plane....good times! So on arrival in Kuta i spent the day in bed...or in the bathroom! Made it out for tea on the evening and that never stayed down. Then following this James stared too, so unfortunately we spent most of the first two days in Kuta laid up in bed, we think we both had some iffy food but from different places. On the third day we were both feeling well enough to get ourselves down to the beach and just generally out for the day. Kuta's popular with surfers, and it's especially popular with those learning to surf. The beach is long, wide and sandy and the sea is ... read more

The 4 nigths we spent in Kuta, Bali were completely different from Bunaken. We went from a remote location with few tourists to millions of tourists all milling around with varying colours of Bintang tops. It took us a while to get a taxi to get us to our requested road and then a good hour walking round to find somewhere to stay. We ended up staying in Ayu Beach Hotel with 4 of us in a really nice room. There were 2 pools and breakfast was included too. The first 2 days we spent walking around, sunbathing and shopping and then a night out to Sky Garden which is where everyone ends up at some point. This place is huge and Connie got lost trying to get back to one of the roof terraces. We ... read more

Kuta Umm Kuta, not much to say really…..this is a short blog. We expected the worst, we had been there before, read recent blogs, and talked to tourists on the road, so we made the most of it and it was actually OK. Not sure if I was on my annual 2 week holiday I would appreciate wasting my days in Kuta. Overall its pretty grotti really. We stayed at the Quest which was fantastic value in Kuta. Big clean room with swimming pool and we could easily walk to town and the malls. The beach was surprisingly nicer than we remembered, behind a long high wall hidden from the street, and crowded with loungers and umbrellas – reminded me of Goa in India. Nice big waves, lots of surfers. Nice shopping mall that opens out ... read more

Op 8/5/2012 kwamen we met een beetje vertraging aan in Bali/Denpasar. Onze eerste indruk was : amai , het vliegveld ligt aan het strand. Dat was ook de eerste keer dat we zoiets moois zagen. Als je net uit het vliegtuig komt moet je onmiddelijk een visum aanvragen. Er zijn verschillende visa offices (visum kantoren). Een visum kost US$25 per persoon, maar je kan ook met Mastercard of Visa betalen. Het hoeft niet per sé US $ te zijn. Daarna schuif je in een lange rij aan om je paspoort te tonen en je rugzak te laten scannen. Net buiten het luchthaven gebouw is het enorm chaotisch. Te vergelijken met Marroko. Overal portiers, bagagedragers en mensen die achter je lopen om te vragen of je een taxi nodig hebt. Het beste is ze gewoon negeren. Een ... read more

What a lovely birthday in Bali! I slept in for the first time since my whole trip started and it felt so nice! I had breakfast and layed by the pool, had a nice lunch, and went off to the beach to meet up with Chris, the local who taught me how to surf. From Kuta, we headed to Nusa Dua beach. The beach was nice with clear blue warm water. Its definitely less touristy and very quiet. It was there I realized I lost my sunglasses :( Sigh. Oh well. After about an hour, we went off to another beach that was lovely. You basically walk down through a cave and as soon as you're out of it, the cave opens up to a beautiful, white sandy beach. It was gorgeous! We sat, enjoyed the ... read more