This island is alive. The people are the most beautiful I’ve ever met. I was a year in Asia, and for the most part would spend as much time in Japan or Aus as it would take to make enough money just to get back to Bali. The Kuta/Seminyak area is busy/touristy, but super fun. Ubud is amazing- have tea at the Bali Budha, lose your possesions to a monkey, but there’s a lot more to the island, and there’s plenty of places to escape to if you’re brave enough to rent a jeep or a motorbike. Be prepared on the road for cops- keep your spending money in one pocket, and your bribe money in the other.