I'm contemplating going to Bali, the place is beautiful, locals are people are friendly, but I have heard that the place is loaded with bogan aussies.
Share your experience if you have been there and is there's another places like Bali in SE Asia? Not Thailand tho
As long as you stay away from areas like Kuta where the drunk aussies congregate, you'll be fine. There's quite a lot of nice things to see around the island. Hire a driver to take you around, there's stuff like temples, rice fields, and in general just nice things to see. The drunk aussies just stay in their little containment area around the beach.
>>1216222
Thanks dude. But I already booked an aparments in Seminyak, which close to Kuta. But I'll try my best to stay away from drunk aussies, even tho I wont mind banging aussie qt. But yeah, I'd go to see the temples and basically everything.
I just got back from Bali. I can't compare it to other islands in Indonesia, but some comments I would make are:
-People are genuinely nice, aside from the unavoidable hustlers in tourist areas
-The food was disappointing. I mean it was great, but doesn't compare to 'Nam or Thailand.
-The snorkeling was kickass. You can park your motorbike, rent a snorkel on the beach for $5, and be swimming with clownfish around a Japanese shipwreck in the space of three minutes.
-It's just a shame the reefs have been destroyed in so many places
-It's too hot to appreciate the nature. I got in a couple cool jungle hikes, but I abandoned most of my /out/ plans.
-It's more expensive than comparable options in SEA.
-There's nowhere on earth where I've felt more strongly this feel: "I wish I'd seen this place 20 years ago".
Definitely pay a visit to lembongan island, it gets you away from the real aussie bogan areas like kuta. I've also heard older travellers say it's a lot like what Bali was like 20 years ago