We flew into Denpasar airport very late in the evening and managed to catch a taxi to Kuta. It was pretty dark when we found accommodations at a hotel in Bali Indonesia, luckily they had a room available, because it’s high tourist season in Bali. We didn’t make reservations, we’ve grown complacent through all our travels where we thought we could just show up and there would always be a room available at a decent price, but Bali was really in full season. So, we were quite lucky indeed.
Right away we went to check out Kuta. It’s awash with surf shops and bars. We headed down to the beach and even in the dark, we could easily see the size of the crashing waves. It was too late to catch a proper meal, so we ended up sharing some nachos! I ordered the Indonesian beer, Bintang. It was pretty good.
In the morning, we had breakfast and headed to the beach. It was this huge expanse of sand and we noticed the sea was too rough to do anything unless we didn’t mind being beaten by the waves. We did enjoy watching all the surfers trying to ride the beastly waves as we leisurely sunbathed. We took a break from sunbathing to get some lunch at what the locals call a warung, then we headed back down to the beach. It was odd that rather than the beach crowd thinning out as it got dark, the beach was becoming all abuzz with a nightlife. We decided after we watched the sunset to get some dinner. We found a lovely open air restaurant located around this water garden. The chef was Balinese and the cuisine was delicious and better than anything we’ve eaten during our stay here. We went back down to the beach and walked around checking out different bonfire parties. Only after we noticed the crowd on the beach was thinning did we realize it was 4am!
We headed back to our hotel room and watched the Bali sunrise from our balcony.
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