Had a great time in August/September, Did 15 nights at Kuta Lagoon in a pool access room. Great hotel,staff and location. Plenty of good tucker close by and not too far to walk to Sammy and Suzy beach bar.
A lot of planning went into this trip so that we made the most of every day that we were there, needless to say, none of this was achieved. Laying around by the pool getting a Bintang singlet tan, drinking Bintang, smoking cheap smokes or watching the footy at a bar seemed to unravel our best layed plans, the perfect bogan holiday. On one of the days when I managed to drag my sorry butt away from the pool or footy, we took a spin in a van to the dolphin lodge. This trip was the highlight of the holiday (other than a Collingwood win over the Doggies) A boat ride to the dolphin pens then 40 minutes in the water with the dolphins was a brilliant day. Recommended for all. The other trips were just the usual ones to Matahari, Geneva, Discovery, waterbom, shopping, blah blah blah.
Another standout was the trip to the laundry one morning, happened across a celebration down the same alley as the laundry. I wandered in and watched a fair dinkum cockfight. It was awesome, like watching a knife fight between a pair of sitting bull's head dresses.
Our choice of restaurants was fairly predictable but will comment anyway,
Blue Skys - most days for lunch, good food,prices and staff
Sheppys - A winner in my book, never had a bad experience there yet
Uncle Norms - A very close 2nd to Sheppys
Yut's - Left with a full belly and a thumbs up
Bali Beach Shack - not the great meal and good price that I remembered from my last trip
Ours - very good
Mozarella - Doesnt rate a mention really, KFC was better
Now for the drinking holes -
Stadium bar - if ya like ya footy big on big screens, and your beer almost frozen then this is the place for you.
Piggys bar - good spot, cold beer, good price and plenty to look at on Poppies 2
Sheppys - spot on, good price, cold beer and a couple of flat screens to watch the footy
Sammy and Suzy Beachbar - Goes without saying really, great people and ice cold beer.
So thats it, cant wait to get back there.