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Bali - Kuta Beach, the beauty of Sunset in Kuta Beach

            Do not tell me you've been to Bali, if you do not visit Kuta Beach. This tourist attraction has become an icon of tourism in Bali. Kuta Beach is not only known by domestic tourist, but it also very well known by foreign tourists. Tourist attraction that is located on the southern coast of Bali has incredible beauty. Coastline has a length 2 km and curved like a crescent moon. White sand and sound of waves is very typical of South Beach and rows of coconut trees becomes the view that you must capture with your camera.  As an icon of tourism in Bali, this beach gets special attention from the local government. Various support facilities built here, ranging from restaurants, lodging, bars, and souvenir shops until the rental of equipment for water sports.

            Entering Kuta Beach area, you will see a lot of tourists walk around by carrying a surfboard. This tourist attraction is known as one of the best locations for water sports, both for beginners and professional surfers. Not infrequently, this beach is also used as surfing competitions for national and international level. Towards the evening, this place is more crowded by the tourists. Reputedly, Kuta Beach has nickname as 'Sunset Beach', as a rival of Sanur beach called 'Sunrise Beach'. View of the sunset at Kuta Beach has been recognized by many tourists who come here. So, do not be doubt to come here!

            You are free for enjoying this beach. Only if you bring your own vehicle, you need to pay a parking fee approximately 5,000 Rupiah. Of course, this price is very cheap for enjoying this beautiful beach.

 History of Kuta Beach

            Who thought that before becomes beautiful beach which is never deserted by tourists, this beach was a settlement that is very quiet and away from the crowds. This Kuta Beach was originally only a trading port and a place of fishing boats after fishing. Of the traders who come here, the beauty of this beach is starting sound widely. Firstly, people come for the purpose of buy and sell begin taking advantage their arrival for vacation and enjoy the beauty of this beach in South Bali.
             Hugh Mahbett as a writer has published a book with the title ‘Praise to Kuta’. This book is about nature beauty in Kuta and call on people around to build all the supporting facilities at this beach. According to him, Kuta Beach will become a favorite tourist destination for many people because of its beauty.

What can you do in Kuta Beach?

            There are lots of activities and interesting things you can do in Kuta Beach. Here, are some things that you should not miss during enjoy this place;

 Enjoy a moment of sunset

            The beautiful view of sunset at Kuta Beach cannot be doubted. Enjoy a moment of sunset while accompanied by coconut ice and roasted corn would be an interesting experience that make you addicted to enjoy it. Yeah, be sure to prepare your camera to capture every moment.

Ranging from massage until make temporary tattoos

            Sunbathing at Kuta Beach is certainly not strange to tourists. Along the coast, you will see many people who do 'sun bath' by lying on the chaise beach or even on a pedestal that held potluck on the sand beach. If the sun is not enough, try calling the masseur who provides massages professionally around the coast.
            Besides massage, there is other interesting thing for you to try, braid and temporary tattoos. During relaxing to enjoy the beach, you can let your hair to braid by Balinese woman who sells services braid. While on vacation, it could not wrong to try different hairstyles, right?

            Do you want to know the felling of having tattoo? In this place, you can tattoo your body without fear of regret later. The ink used for tattoos is only temporary and could disappear within a few days. There are a lot of patterns and images are offered ranging from calligraphy your name until pictures of animals and flowers.
            So, do not waste the opportunity when you are in one of the best surfing locations in the world! Immediately rent surfing equipments and start conquering the waves in Kuta Beach. If you're not good at surfing, you can hire the services of a coach as well. Besides surfing, other extreme sport that you can try is Bungy jumping. Well, is it really interesting activities, right?

 Culinary tourism
            Culinary tourism always has been a part of fun thing while enjoying holiday. Here, you can enjoy a unique culinary sea in place accordance with your wishes. There are lots of places to eat around Kuta Beach, ranging from expensive restaurants until food stalls with more affordable price.  The menu? Of course, seafood as typical dish ranging from crab, shrimp to a variety of processed fish. For the drink, coconut ice must be very suitable to be enjoyed in the heat of this beach.

Hunting souvenirs

            Around Kuta Beach, there are many souvenir shops. Various gorgeous trinkets made of shells and starfish can you get here. Do you know? The souvenirs which are made locally has been global.  Already many of Bali's unique handicrafts are exported to other continents such as Europe and America.

What more interesting from Kuta Beach?

Turtle Breeding
            Besides being a popular tourist attraction, it turns out in this coastal region also there is a turtle breeding. Not far from the beach, there a giant turtle-shaped building in which there is a place for hatch the turtle eggs. Turtle species here are Olive Ridley or Ridley Turtles that are currently rare.
            The most interesting is the activity of the release the hatchlings or baby turtles into the sea. This activity has no definite schedule, whenever the eggs hatch, it will soon be release into the sea. The release of hatchlings involves tourist who wants to join. Each participant will be lined up and each carrying a plastic box containing a hatchling. Time for release the hatchlings is usually done at 16:45. It is with the consideration that birds which are the main predator of hatchlings will be difficult to see it at that hour. Hmm, togetherness to release the hatchlings seems so fun, do you want to join?

Ground Zero Monument

            Not far from Kuta beach, there a monument that is familiar. The original name Ground Zero Monument is Five Continent Monument, but many people called Ground Zero. It is a monument built to commemorate the victims of the Bali bomb blast that occurred in the first on October 12, 2002. The monument is inaugurated exactly two years after the tragedy.
            At the bottom of the monument, there is a name list of victims. Every October 12, the monument is visited by many families and friends of the victims for commemorations and sowing flowers.

            The monument is located in the Paddy's Café land formerly is the location of the blast, exactly on Jalan Legian which is the center of entertainment in Kuta.

Transport and accommodation
            Kuta Beach is located on the southern coast of Bali, or administratively located in Badung regency. This tourist attraction is about 12 km from Ngurah Rai International Airport and can be accessible by taxi. There are a lot of hotels around Kuta Beach, ranging from hotels which usually used by backpackers until five-star hotel with the best service quality.