Kuta – Bali, Indonesia
October 4th-6th, we stayed in Kuta as it was close to the airport and we knew it would be full of other young tourists. Before I came out I had been warned that it’s the Australians Benidorm but because of the mainly young crowd it draws I changed that to ‘the Australians answer to Aiya Napa’.
Because of all the bad mouthing about Kuta we had heard before hand we were actually pleasantly surprised. Yes, you could see the McDonalds arches from the beach, yes, there was a washed up nappy, BUT that was pretty much it in terms of grossness.
The place we stayed in was called Warung Coco, and was such a gentle easing in to life as a traveller. For a double room (it was the same price as a dorm?!) with our own toilet and shower (which because of the close proximity you could have used at the same time) and a breakfast, it only cosy us the equivalent to £5 a night! Which is a little more than we plan to spend in the future, but was so worth it for the first few nights of adjusting!
A Brit and a Canadian in Asia 