Kuta, Indonesia Travel Blogs

Woke up this morning and got myself a Bintang
May 3, 2005 (11 photos)

... 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 ...

Costa del Kuta
Sep 6, 2004 (2 photos)

... 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
Dec 7, 2003 (25 photos)

... 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 and ...

Chapter 23: The Komodo Debacle
Feb 1, 2004 (18 photos)

... . Wednesday morning we took the 1-hour shuttle boat to Gili Trawangan, which is one of the primary backpacker destinations in Indonesia. It's only 2km x 3km, there are 700 residents, there are no vehicles aside from pony carts, and there's a beautiful ...

Day 55: Ubud, Beach Bumming & the Memorial
Jul 17, 2008 (8 photos)

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 ...

A weeks worth of Dining & Drinking in Kuta
Mar 30, 2008 (25 photos)

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 ...

Surf 'n Fail
Sep 23, 2005

... 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 ...

I'm being featured on BohemianJourneys.com!
Mar 31, 2008

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 ...

One day in Kuta is enough....
Sep 8, 2005 (3 photos)

... 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 than the ...

A little luxury in Bali..
Dec 9, 2005 (5 photos)

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 pool. ...

Off to Singapore tomorrow
Mar 31, 2008

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
Mar 23, 2008

... 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 some ...

The Effects of Terrorism
Feb 1, 2007 (1 photos)

... 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 considering ...

Bali
Apr 18, 2007 (9 photos)

... at least 5 people there taking photographs, paying respects and reading the lists of names on the wall. The area of Kuta is extremely commercialised.  Hundreds of shops, clubs, bars, restaurants line the streets and narrow alleyways, catering to ...

Kuta (Bali) - Day 164-165
Aug 5, 2008 (5 photos)

... 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 ...

Kuta Part 2
Oct 2, 2005

... the end I needed to head off for a short break, try and recover and then get back to Kuta for a little more before surfing before leaving Indonesia. The night before I left though there was another terrorist attack. I actually heard one of the explosions ...

Arrived in Kuta today
Mar 19, 2008

... 2 miles up the road from where Sha is, and I rented a motorbike for the week.  Problem solved. I think I'll be in Kuta for 6 days, I'd really like to see Tanah Lot Temple and Uluwatu Temple as well.  The latter has a Gamelan show performed in ...

Beaches, Babes, and Bombs
May 11, 2008 (16 photos)

... Kuta on the wonderful island of Bali and decided to pause for a day to collect ourselves. More than any other country, Indonesia required quite a lot of advanced planning.  Mostly because it has so many islands.  So we had to reserve a Komodo ...

It is the same Kamikaze driver !
May 16, 2008 (1 photos)

... its own 'temple': sometimes no more than a little shrine: a coach on a stick.   Our driver does not find the hotel in Kuta immediately. We arrive after 14h. we are happy with the hotel and the room. We go for late lunch and I start on internet, for ...

Tourist central!
Nov 17, 2007 (8 photos)

... 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, ...

Still, still chilling in Kuta
Mar 28, 2008

... of sunglasses on the beach (nice knock-offs) and I now own NINE sarongs.  Which I wear daily.  I need to leave Kuta, it's a tourists haven and I've been drinking the Kool-Aid. It's been fantastic to hang with Sha again, I can't believe it's ...

Lost
May 25, 2008 (23 photos)

... , and in November the phone rang. It's Dave here, get your bags packed and ticket booked as we are going diving in May in Indonesia !!! Being one who likes to collect countries, we didn't say no. The seeds were sewn, a dive a trip was planned, now all we ...

Welcome to Bali
May 5, 2008

... of stuff to do.   Dad drops us off at the airport, where we take a Garuda flight to Bali:   http://www.garuda-indonesia.com/   OK, they have a bit of a reputation, like not always landing exactly on the runway... . But, we are happy, ...

31 hours in the Hard Rock Hotel Bali
May 22, 2008 (21 photos)

  http://www.hardrockhotels.net/bali/   21/05:   We arrive at the HRH Bali at 12. Our car is thoroughly metal detected. I am excited like a teenager on her first school trip: a Hard Rock Hotel!!! So excited that I cannot decide what to ...

http://www.bubbagump.com/locations/bali.html
May 20, 2008 (6 photos)

  I admit: another lousy day in paradise. Sleep in, late breakkie and swimming pool.   Dr T's ear is still not better.   In the afternoon, we walk to the city. We enjoy sunset with a beer. What I do NOT enjoy is losing at cards. & ...

Relaxation
Sep 21, 2005 (9 photos)

... noticed that Japanese people have a separate menu with prices even higher than ours. We thought we got overcharged. The surf on Kuta/Legion/Seminyak was really, really big most of the time. Some days there were hardly any surfers out, but on others they ...

Vroom vroom
Jun 19, 2008 (17 photos)

... 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 o' ...

'Honey, you left your t.ts on the balcony !'
May 19, 2008 (6 photos)

... Afterwards, we walk to the city. I buy myself new fake sunglasses: 2,5 Euro, they asked 40 Euro and I think I still overpaid. For me, Kuta is too pushy. Thousands of 'shops' want to sell you their junk. Dr T is right: it is always with a smile and a joke ...

Manneke Pis in Bali
May 21, 2008 (3 photos)

... his newpaper at the pool, where he finds a ad for ... Manneke Pis restaurant! It is in Seminyak, a couple of kilometers north of Kuta. Say no more.   It is a new, fancy place and we spend a couple of nice hours, watching the world walk by. AND: we ...

Short entry internet access v expensive but ...
Mar 17, 2002

Short entry, internet access v. expensive, but just thought i would let you know i am alive and loving Indonesia. I left Oz yesterday morning, and had a long day travelling and finding a place to stay. I returned from Melbourne and after the Kiwi ...