Kuta Beach has a turbulent history. It changed from a small village, to a popular destination for hippies and backpackers in the 70's and 80's, and then to a tourist ghetto. And finally the Bali Bombing in 2002 changed the idea about Bali and Kuta for good.
It's Kuta Beach where poor and rich meet and the differences are sometimes very noticable. Kuta Beach may also be the place where you see the cultural changes caused by the tourist industry, long shopping streets and allmost strangled in, somewhere, some signs of the traditional Hindu religion and its practises.
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