Experiencing The Near And Far: Kuta, Bali, Indonesia: Days 77, 78,79

Day 77: Coffee Tasting, Suji Bungalows, Také Japanese, Kuta New Years Madness

The car picked the four of us up from the dive center and away we went. The driver asked part way if we'd like to stop for a coffee. I didn't know this meant: take a tour of different coffee plants and have a coffee sampling. However, you couldn't purchase a cup of coffee or tea - you could only buy large packages. Honestly, if I didn't still have a month left of traveling, I'd have bought some of the lemongrass tea and vanilla coffee. Delicious.

We arrived to our hotel, Suji Bungalows, in Kuta in the early afternoon and practically jumped straight into the pool.

Yeah.... this will do for new years :)

Kuta itself is a tourist beach town. I'd never have chosen to go there for anything else but to get silly. Soooo many people. Also - watch out for scams if you're trying to change money. We did did a little wandering and shopping, reserving a table for dinner, per recommendation by Fab Dive back in Amed.

Best Sushi Ever. We agreed to splurge on thus night, ordering a variety of sushi at Také Japanese Restaurant. We were the only Westerners in the place; everyone else was Japanese. If that's not a clear sign that you're getting good quality, then I don't know what is.

A few bars and tequila shots later brought us to the beach, where thousands of drunk people shot off thousands of fireworks. It was quite amazing to see the lights exploding all the way down the coastline, for hundreds of meters. All night, before and after midnight, a continuous stream of these flares rose above the ocean. At a cost certain point, it felt dangerous as drunk people accidentally shot theirs into the crowds instead of the air.

We wove our way through the masses of people, stopping for more tequila and dancing along the way into 2016.

Day 78: Happy New Year!

Pool and sleeping. That's pretty much all we amounted to today, leaving only for food. One of my new Barcelona friends had to head back to Spain in the evening. I stayed with the others for one more night.