Kuta and bye to SE Asia

We only had one night in Kuta before catching our flight out of South East Asia. Kuta is a very touristy and busy centre of Bali and in hindsight it was a shame to end our time in Indonesia here. There's a big beach that usually is really nice, but wasn't great the day we were there, but the main irritation is the hassle you get from everyone. You're constantly bombarded with offers of transport, sarongs, hats, ice-cream, DVDs, massages, drugs, beach mats, happy hour deals, bracelets, etc, etc  and you're stuck between acknowledging the hawkers and not appearing rude (but this leads to further "offers") or totally blanking them out. We escaped the hawkers and the heat or rain, depending on the time of day, by heading to the malls and even the cinema on our final day (2 tickets cost around 2 pounds) although it clearly was a dodgy copy.
After a final dinner in Indonesia and SE Asia we got in a taxi, headed to the airport and got a flight to Australia.

We've had an amazing few months in SE Asia and would really recommend all of it, even the bits that from our blog posts don't sound great. It's all part of the experience and makes the good parts seem even better. The highlights for us have been Vietnam, Malaysia and parts of Indonesia, all places we'd love to come back to and explore other parts that we've not had the chance to see this time. If we came again we'd also like to go to Burma and East Timor, two places we'd never considered before, but seem really interesting from stories from other travellers.
So it's bye to SE Asia, for now, and G'day Australia!