How does Bali compare to Pattaya or Phuket

[georgegeorgia]

I just heard a work colleague saying how great Bali is !

They could retire there they said 

 

I asked them to compare it to Pattaya or Phuket but they have never been !

 

So guys who have been ....is Bali a good retirement option ?

 

I want to go but ....I have this image of tattooed Aussie bogans/chavs holding beer bottles 

[bignok]

Looks crap to me. Never been though.

[scubascuba3]

Kuta is Bogan central, surfer dudes and girls everywhere. You have to leave ASAP, my favourite is Ubud. Bali is an island, nothing like Pattaya.

 

I've been 3 times and would like to go back in the next year or two, small island so can hire a jeep or motorbike and travel around

[KhunBENQ]

10 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I want to go but ....I have this image of tattooed Aussie bogans/chavs holding beer bottles 

I have the news in mind of about 200 Australian and other tourists bombed to death by Muslim extremists.

[scubascuba3]

2 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

I have the news in mind of about 200 Australian and other tourists bombed to death by Muslim extremists.

that was around 2002, i went 6 months after and was pretty dead, then fully recovered

[bignok]

Bali sounds like Phuket but 4 times bigger

[bignok]

28 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

I just heard a work colleague saying how great Bali is !

They could retire there they said 

 

I asked them to compare it to Pattaya or Phuket but they have never been !

 

So guys who have been ....is Bali a good retirement option ?

 

I want to go but ....I have this image of tattooed Aussie bogans/chavs holding beer bottles 

Why dont u go

Then tell us

 

[JensenZ]

20 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

I have the news in mind of about 200 Australian and other tourists bombed to death by Muslim extremists.

I have a friend who lost a leg in that bombing. He was in his 20s at the time.

 

I've been there 3 times, the last time in the late 90s, so my impression is a bit dated, but Bali doesn't hold a candle to Pattaya as a retirement option. It's a nice place for a vacation, but not permanent living unless you're into surfing.

 

 

[bignok]

2 minutes ago, JensenZ said:

I have a friend who lost a leg in that bombing. He was in his 20s at the time.

 

 

Thats why I wouldnt go. Muslim nation. Not proper law enforcement after. Some got only a few years jail.

[still kicking]

2 minutes ago, bignok said:

Thats why I wouldnt go. Muslim nation. Not proper law enforcement after. Some got only a few years jail.

Wrong its Hinduism 

The province is Indonesia's main tourist destination, with a significant rise in tourism since the 1980s. [8] Tourism-related business makes up 80% of its economy. [9] Bali is the only Hindu-majority province in Indonesia, with 86.9% of the population adhering to Balinese Hinduism

[bignok]

Just now, still kicking said:

Wrong its Hinduism 

The province is Indonesia's main tourist destination, with a significant rise in tourism since the 1980s. [8] Tourism-related business makes up 80% of its economy. [9] Bali is the only Hindu-majority province in Indonesia, with 86.9% of the population adhering to Balinese Hinduism

Indonesia runs it dummy.

[HighPriority]

6 minutes ago, bignok said:

Thats why I wouldnt go. Muslim nation. Not proper law enforcement after. Some got only a few years jail.

Indonesia is muslim, Bali itself is hindu.

[bignok]

Just now, HighPriority said:

Indonesia is muslim, Bali itself is buddist

Hindu but laws are Indonesian is muslim.

[still kicking]

Just now, HighPriority said:

Indonesia is muslim, Bali itself is buddist

Hindu 

[bignok]

The judges sitting over the Bali bombings were mostly muslim 

[still kicking]

2 minutes ago, bignok said:

Indonesia runs it dummy.

Yes Dummy Boy Wiki must be wrong again smart cookie 

[bignok]

Just now, still kicking said:

Yes Dummy Boy Wiki must be wrong again smart cookie 

Yes dopey. It's part of Indonesia which makes the laws. 

[bignok]

https://www.frommers.com/blogs/arthur-frommer-online/blog_posts/the-end-of-tourism-in-bali-indonesia-outlaws-sex-outside-marriage-for-visitors-too

 

Get jail if u shag a local!

[Photoguy21]

Bali is a great place but if you want to spend your time in bars then maybe Pattaya is the place for you.

[HighPriority]

7 minutes ago, still kicking said:

Hindu 

Yes, you're correct so I I edited

[still kicking]

1 minute ago, Photoguy21 said:

Bali is a great place but if you want to spend your time in bars then maybe Pattaya is the place for you.

I've been to Bali a few times and many times to Pattaya I guess it is not much different, but Bali has a nice countryside.

[vangrop]

Muslim country ruled by the charie and the book too dangerous too intollerant. Give me a zen boudhistic country as Thailand. To live and let live. So no comparison, Pukhet Pattaya far better to live.

[Photoguy21]

1 minute ago, still kicking said:

I've been to Bali a few times and many times to Pattaya I guess it is not much different, but Bali has a nice countryside.

If you think that then stay in Pattaya probably closer to your home country and they dont have the drug laws that Bali has

[bignok]

Phattalung is mostly muslim but Thai laws apply. Rather go there. Stunning scenary and no bogans!

[still kicking]

1 minute ago, Photoguy21 said:

If you think that then stay in Pattaya probably closer to your home country and they dont have the drug laws that Bali has

Bali is closer to my home country I do have family in Thailand but prefer to live in my home country so does my Thai wife of 20 years and I am not worried about drugs I don't take any.

[thaibeachlovers]

IMO any place occupied by Aussies is best avoided.

[Ben Zioner]

8 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

If you think that then stay in Pattaya probably closer to your home country and they dont have the drug laws that Bali has

It is probably these drug laws that make Bali. and Indonesia as a whole, a much better place to take your family. Thailand has been decaying for much too long by now.

 

I agree with Scuba, Kuta is a place for Australian young adults, Ubud, Padang Bay  and many other places is for people who enjoy beauty and  culture.

[bignok]

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

IMO any place occupied by Aussies is best avoided.

True or poms. Thats why I avoid Pattaya. Too many aussie bogans and pommy chavs.

[thaibeachlovers]

22 minutes ago, Photoguy21 said:

Bali is a great place but if you want to spend your time in bars then maybe Pattaya is the place for you.

Never mind bars, how is the girl scene? Any comparison to Thailand?

[bignok]

1 minute ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Never mind bars, how is the girl scene? Any comparison to Thailand?

See link above. 12 months jail for sex with locals