the viewing deck: Bali Island short tour; Kuta Beach-walk and Legian Road Nightlife

Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Bali Island short tour; Kuta Beach-walk and Legian Road Nightlife

3-days White-Water River Solo Trip in Bali, Indonesia
August 02-05, 2014

Bali River Adventure last part; Pakerisan White-Water Tubing

Kuta is the best known tourist resort area on the island of Bali in Indonesia and has a great surfing beach. The five km long sandy stretch of Kuta is arguably the best beach front in Bali. The beach is safe, partially clean, well-maintained, although the beach vendors remain annoying pushing massages, hair braiding, cigarettes and surf boards. The long wide stretch of sand is often full of sunbathers and although most of the serious surfers have moved on to newer pastures, there are still plenty of surf dudes around at most times of the year, and especially so during peak season. As you move north along the beach to first Legian and then Seminyak and Petitenget it becomes progressively quieter and less frenetic.

Kuta is the low end party centre of Bali. It has recovered well from the bomb blasts in 2002 & 2005 and tourists still flock to the bars where alcohol is served freely and excessively. Many of the bars here have a house cocktail with a local Arak (rice spirit) base. These go by charming names like Jam Jar and Fish Bowl, pack a huge punch and make customers very ill! The Sky Garden Complex is an large nightlife building with many dodgy clubs on the bottoms but has fun and popular foreigners nightclub and patio on the top floor. The often have free liquor giveaway from 9-11pm with free finger food, these are legitimate (real vodka not arak) and act to get people in the club so they can buy overpriced drinks after the promo ends.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Kuta