Kuta
Travel Blogs from Kuta, Indonesia
Vroom vroom
... in half with chocolate and peanuts in the middle- YUM! We made it back in one piece, returned the motor bike, and headed into Kuta for some bloody cold beer. We encountered some poser types who came in shirtless (really, you can't find a shirt at 11 ...
Bintang and braiding in Bali 16-23 March 2011
... 4am. So how would I sum up Bali. Well I really enjoyed getting out into the countryside and sampling the local culture. But Kuta could have been any other beach resort anywhere in the world and unfortunately I didn‘t get to see any amazing beaches. ...
on to Bali!!!
... of places to eat or much do while we waited. Once we were in Bali we headed to a taxi stand and he took us to Kuta and a popular area with lots of hotels. We walked around for about an hour looking at about a dozen potential places to stay and ended up ...
Woke up this morning and got myself a Bintang
... a week in Kuta recuperating was a real setback. Still, we managed to have a fantastic time staying in the party capital of Indonesia although I didn't always feel up to the full-on party. We also hired a scooter which meant that I managed to get a ...
Dengue fever!!
So to update everyone Jackie ended up being in bed for a whole week unwell waiting for it to pass so we could finish our diving, but it never did. When almost a week had passed we finally decided we needed to get her checked out in a hospital so I ...
Our first motorbike crash........SMASH!!!!!
I finished yesterday with the words "If I ever go near another motorbike please shoot me". Maybe its Karma, maybe its chance or maybe things do come in threes. I woke and the ribs were still not back up to scratch so there is still no surfing. We leave ...
Bored of bartering in Bali
We woke up to find that the WIFI had been turned off in the night so the downloading hadn't got as far as we had liked. Andrew wasn’t too happy (he’s become a bit obsessed with the whole downloading things, I often find him just staring at ...
What is below the trapdoor
... weight" I’ve still got it where it matters. We managed to go higher than any of the tubsters from Australia or Indonesia and for a scary moment thought we were going over the top to certain death. Next we tried the Superbowl which again was ...
Costa del Kuta
... a friendship and decided to share a room in order to cut costs. We shared a reasonable room but the town of Kuta consisted of bars and restaurants crowded shabbily together along with the compulsory McDonalds and other fast food places. I only stayed ...
The last leg of our Asia tour - Singapore and Bali
... hours. L not feeling too good, but we make it out (during a storm) for dinner. Wed 3rd Dec - Get the shuttle (mini) bus to Kuta in the south. Check into the Palm Gardens, which is the best of a bad bunch, but good for 4 quid. Walk down to the beach ...
Welcome to the Southern Hemisphere
... in this case in front of some Korean girls who we knew would be too polite to say anything. We decided to head to Kuta, the infamous party resort only about 15 minutes away and drove through some great resorts on the way that looked really lively and ...
Day 55: Ubud, Beach Bumming & the Memorial
Ahh, what a good night's sleep, and in a great budget hotel too. The Indonesia section of the LP book scores again. After devouring a banana pancake, I headed out to the beach. Kuta is basically a larger, busier Asian clone of Rosarito, so anyone who's ...
Hills, Thrills and Spills
... with a driver more concerned about what was going on in his trousers as opposed to the road it was literally terrifying. We arrived in Kuta at about 5pm with nowhere to stay so we quickly started our hunt for a hotel with a pool and WIFI. This ...
Surfs up Eggsy's down
... forward to learning to surf from scratch to being a wizard and surfing G-Lands (the best surfing in the world) before we leave Indonesia, I was ready for about 20 odd days of constant surfing, I may be overweight but with a background in windsurfing and ...
Damp Squibs and Broken ribs
... and went for a walk to try and plan our way to see the volcano’s of Java, get to achieve another of our aims in Indonesia Komodo (as in dragons) or get to the Gili Islands well the price to get to the volcano’s was 800,000 about £55 return ...
G Land? We're in Dreamland!
We woke, fortunately E was feeling a lot better, I on the other hand needed her to lift me out of bed. Another day of not surfing then. Essentially we had another day relaxing by the pool reading and for Lady E to shop..... well to feel all the items in ...
Bruised thighs and altitude highs
... that, regardless he was a great guy and gave us his phone number in case we had an accident or couldn’t make it back to Kuta. Yeah like that could ever happen. We soon started to climb up into altitude and it got very, very cold I suppose that ...
Chapter 23: The Komodo Debacle
... idea because we ended up coated in soot. At least we met some chatty young local guys. One was studying economics (in Indonesia?! Poor guy...) and was interested in becoming pen-pals or something. Another kept calling me "handsome," which was funny. ...
Surf 'n Fail
... Good on him though. Anyone that I know there want to put up an old Bali Art Hawker? So for the meantime I'm staying put in Kuta. I'm having a little rest from traveling and having to pack up my bag every few days. I've been here a week already and will ...
A weeks worth of Dining & Drinking in Kuta
And a quiet sunday afternoon here, so here are some of the gratuitous dining and drinking photos from the past week. -------------------------------------- HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you Happy Birthday To YOU Happy Birthday dear Maaaa-AaAA-rc HAPPY ...
One day in Kuta is enough....
... Homestay turned out to be pleasant enough, with friendly people. The next morning we set off on our mission to buy an Indonesia guidebook... what a struggle! We were hoping to pick up a secondhand Lonely Planet, but could not find an edition more recent ...
A little luxury in Bali..
Arriving in Kuta, Bali after a full day travelling we checked into the Simpang Inn which is a lovely little hidden hotel off the main street. We got a huge room with bathroom, fan and balcony and the hotel has colourful gardens and a great swimming ...
Dodging scooters in Kuta
... the guarantee that if you can’t stand up by the end of the first session you can have the next session free(I might be in Kuta a while I thought). We went to the office and booked on to the course for the next morning at 7.45am. I was a ...
I'm being featured on BohemianJourneys.com!
So a good friend of mine, Miguel, asked if he could feature this little 'old blog of mine on his fantastic travel website called Bohemian Journeys. I was so honored I hardly knew what to write back, I'm still surprised ...
The Effects of Terrorism
... Brits who were on my plane from OZ, so we got chatting and went to a club....the only club. Again a bit disappointed. In all Kuta has really suffered because of the bombings here, the streets aren't full of tourist like over resorts I have been to and ...
Kuta (Bali) - Day 164-165
... which was great as I didn't need to leave for the airport until 3.30pm. I fly to country number sixteen this evening, Indonesia. I was suppose to fly to Manila in the Philippines today but I changed my plans to come to Bali instead, lucky really as a ...
The Indonesian Archipelago - Bali
... my way around Bali. Its a damn interesting and sometimes frustrating spot. So far I have explored the tourist hell of Kuta, found a stunning temple ceremony in Betulu, explored the oldest ruins in Bali, walked through rice paddies and watched the Bali ...
Off to Singapore tomorrow
Tomorrow I am taking an evening flight up to Singapore. I've been reading up on the city/country/state (who knew it was all three?) today, and I expect that I'll stay there about 5 days. After that I'll head up to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ...
Still chilling in Kuta
... and also some cools pics from the EIGHT scuba dives I did there. I even got the disposable underwater camera developed here in Kuta (1 hour shop, who knew!). So the next day it rains, or one night when there is nothing going on I'll spend ...
Tourist central!
... people between 18-35, so it's been a great place to meet people. I've also been to see the bombing site in central Kuta, which is a sad reminder of what happened here a few years ago in the middle of the party district, where some 500 people died, ...

