Thought I would share my memories - there was no forum 20 years ago!!
Arrived on Qantas flight with a thud - not sure that the plane had any landing gear to speak of! There was me in my okanuis and T shirt and my bestie (Bali virgin) in full makeup, stockings and shoes!! Disembark to the wonderful aroma of jet fuel and Bali air, accompanied by AK 47's at every turn - Just to be sure we weren/t going to misbehave. Through customs without a whimper, into bemo and off to Kuta Beach Club. Day one -purchase some local garb from the Kuta market, massage on the beach, swim and nanna nap. Night time arrives, best thongs on and off to the Bali Rager Pub Crawl, with Leo Wan@er at the helm. All armed with water pistols to harrass any unsuspecting tourist (we were not tourists, we were seasoned professionals) Yeah right!! After a few pubs, some jam jars and jungle juice it was into Peanuts for the finale. Left there on my own early am. On walking out into lane past Koala Blue and Crazy Horse i ran into one of the guys from our hotel - Don't catch a bemo mate I'll take you back on the bike. So as we headed for his motorbike parked nearby we see his mate asleep up against bike obviously awaiting his lift home. What the hell - all three pile on, with all the locals saying NO not 3 not 3! We say why not, you lot ride with 9 kids, fifteen hats and 36 shopping bags on your bike. Off we go, up the road half a block and yep Polisi. We must leave said mate on the side of the road (asleep in the gutter effectively) and follow the policeman to the local station. Plan is hatched on the way - You keep quiet and let me do all the talking says Mick. Righto then I say. After much discussion with the "Chief" it is decided we must pay equivalent of about $20 - this goes to the big judge in Denpasar apparently to "Show we sorry for too many tourist on bike". We then continue on - Mick drops me off and goes back to collect his mate who still remains asleep, sitting up on the gutter where we left him.
Kuta Beach Club was clean, basic and good location.
Exchange Rate about 4000 - 4 5oo
Bali Rager Pub Crawl - Priceless!!