In Reply to: first time to bali posted by any bali advice on Tuesday, 30. March 2010 at 13:15 Bali Time:
If this is your first time to Bali I would suggest a middle of the road air conditioned 3* hotel with a pool, central to mini markets, beach, restaurants, bars ATMs etc.
I would suggest Masa Inn, 80 rooms, 60 tv channels, 2 pools, single room around Aus$35, double room (twin or double bed) Aus $50 or it's sister hotel next door the La' Walon. Both these hotels are in Poppies1 and 300 metres to the beach.
The Satriya Hotel in Poppies2, 1 pool, walked through it three weeks ago, quite impressed, is a little dearer but always gets good reviews on here, scroll up the page and do a search.
Yulia Beach Inn in Jl Pantai, just near Kuta Square and about 200 metres from the beach is another good middle of the road hotel.
For your first trip it is most important to get good accommodation, in your case I would not look at a 2* star hotel just yet.
Hoolz