Perth to Bali (21 March)

It was our last day in Perth and Australia :(. We were very sad to be leaving. We woke up early and Jax had made us fresh bread for breakfast. We have been so spoilt by all our friends in Australia and have just had the best time. Our flight was at 10am so we had to leave the house at 7:30am. I was really sad to say goodbye to Jax 😦

We had a great flight to Bali – it was only 3 hours 40 mins and the plane has loads of leg room for Pete and the meal was really good. As soon as we got off the plane we were hit by a wall of humidity. We walked out the airport and bartered ourselves a cheap taxi ride to our hotel which landed up being about a 5 min taxi ride from the airport!! The hotel was small but clean and neat and the wonder – Ketut – was really sweet and helpful.

We went for a walk straight down to the beach and I wanted to find Poppies 11 lane which is the main road in Kuta for shops, restaurants etc and it is also where I stayed last time I was here. Kuta beach was awful. There was rubbish and beer bottles lying everywhere. It was really busy and the locals have set up little make shift bar areas with plastic tables and chairs all down the beach. It had been raining the day before so the water looked really dirty and uninviting.

We walked the length of the beach getting harassed every few steps with locals asking us if we would like – surfboards, surfing lessons, jet ski, drinks, massage, pedicure, manicure, hair braiding.

We walked down to Legian Beach and then over to Poppies 1 and Poppies 11 Lane. It was crazy to see how built up the place has become over the last 10 years. There are designer shops, huge shopping malls with MacDonald’s, Starbucks, Dominos etc and there are huge night clubs and hotels all over the place. We found a restaurant and had dinner and made plans to get out of Kuta ASAP.