Mount Bromo behind us, we set out on the final leg of our Java to Bali overland tour. After nine, painfully cramped, hours by bus and one ferry ride later we finally arrive at Kuta, Bali. Chaotic, commercial and cluttered, it was everything we needed after 20 hours on the road in two days!
Kuta
With pristine beaches, endless shopping and hedonistic nightlife it’s not hard to see why Kuta is a tourist magnet. Think Patong Beach, but with more zipping motorbikes and narrow alleyways lined with touts selling everything from ‘exotic’ tours and lottery tickets to weed and magic mushrooms.
Kuta Beach
Kuta Beach
Judging by the number of ‘Learn to Surf’ schools around, surfing is big business in Kuta. At any given time (rains included) you can spot up to thirty to forty surfers paddling out waiting to catch the next crashing wave.
Surfing Kuta Beach
Surfing Kuta Beach
Shopping at Kuta Square