In Reply to: tanjung benoa posted by yanchepged on Friday, 10. July 2009 at 17:08 Bali Time:
Not really rated as a popular tourist area, but that doesn't mean you won't enjoy it. Every part of Bali has it's good and bad points. It is a combination of new resort developments and old rustic bali settlments. If your boys enjoy surfing they will be wrapped, as Serangan delivers the goods, however it normally does it's thing in the wet season when the prevailing winds are from the west. If they get up and go surfing early however,(before the wind settles in,)they will be rewarded. The Harbour can be pretty unimpressive, smelly even. You may enjoy Turtle island, which isn't far, but you pass through a rubbish dump to get there, (same with Serangan beach). Gee, I'm not painting a pretty picture am I?
Still, it's not like you have to spend all your time there. I'd love to hear if you find any 'gems' in there amoungst the rough.