Welcome to Bali, Welcome to Paradise!

Not!
Kuta is the iconic Bali destination but it's turned into a complete disaster.
Straight off the plane Carol took me to Kuta and Legian beaches. Bumper to Bumper traffic through narrow lanes lined with pubs and bars. When we got there, Kuta beach had been washed away in heavy rains and was just a rocky retaining wall littered with rubbish. Not Paradise!
Carol first came here in 1977 when there was nothing here except pristine beach. Since then it's been overbuilt, over promoted and overdone. It has lost the beauty of Bali and the Balinese.
The truth is I've avoided Bali because I didn't want to be seen as part of that drunken Aussie scene.Read more