Bali?
 
From all the hype I hear about Bali and how beautiful it is and how everyone wants to go there, I was actually really disappointed and quite surprised when I arrived. The Island itself is pretty big and if you don’t drive it can be hard to get around, especially if you want to check out the more remote places. I spent two weeks there, half living in luxury with a maid and a driver and half as a backpacker so I got see a variety of places.
The beaches that I saw were filthy and resembled a rubbish dump rather than place of paradise and every time I went in the water I was attacked by plastic bags and other litter, it was really disguising. There is no chance that you can relax on the beach as there are so many hawkers that really do leave you alone, offering massages, fruit, drinks, seafood, braids -you name it. So even if you have earphones in or are reading a book your arm is tugged on average every 30 seconds by someone new who doesn’t take “Noâ€? for an answer.
There are so amazing restaurants and galleries, Ubud is a nice town but very small, there are plenty of monkeys there too that hang around outside Monkey Forest. While I had a driver we went to see temples, rice paddies and volcanoes which was pretty good and a much nicer side of Bali but a lot of the places that I wanted to go were hard to get to so I had to miss out. All in all I still have no idea what all the fuss is about Bali, there are so many places that I would rather be!
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