In Reply to: Kuta has died posted by hotone on Tuesday, 20. July 2010 at 14:32 Bali Time:
In May we went to Bali with 12 people , and stayed in Kuta . In our group was my 60+ yr old mother and her husband . They have been to Bali 20 + times , they usually always stay at Segara village Sanur . She has always stated that they hate Kuta and can never wait to get out after a few hours shopping . After booking flights for her i asked if she was going to stay at Segara village . To my surprise she wanted to stay where we stay . I warned her that our accom was 2 star at best . Anyway i was concerned she would hate it , now she says she would not stay in Sanur again as Kuta is so close to everything (she likes her shopping). So it's horses for courses. Her 2 friends , a couple also in late 60's were with us and absolutely loved Bali and Kuta. We stay approx 200m north from the memorial and honestly never hear any loud music , partying etc . We usually turn north when going to dinner as we find the poppies 2 area too busy . Head 200m away from there and your in a totally differant place.