In Reply to: Balian question posted by HelenB on Tuesday, 22. July 2014 at 16:17 Bali Time:
Mayne I got lucky. I had heard the same reports but had an enjoyable and uneventful trip from Kuta to Balian beach, took about 2 hours.
The trip back took about 2.5 hours. The road was busier with buses and trucks coming from Java. A lot of ducking and weaving in and out of traffic, but no worse than the usual Bali traffic madness.
The worst part was stand-still traffic when we hit Seminyak.
You will enjoy Balian Beach - it's wonderful and quiet, a great chill out place.