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Lived in Indonesia for a few years in the mid 90's in Timika (Irian Jaya), Yogyakarta and Surabaya. Favourite was Yogya with its strong links to the royal family, visiting the various Palaces was a real eye opener...unfortunately I believe some were damaged during the 2006 earthquakes. My daughter was born in Surabaya.

Only went to Bali a few times to visit the Australian Embassy. Place was full of dickhead westerners and non Balinese taking advantage of their stupidity. Some nice areas outside of Kuta still exist such as Ubud.

Much prefer Phuket to Bali, had two nice holidays there with the kids and feel it's less of a ripoff. Be careful with activities such as jetskiing as the cops have it all tied up, crashing one may be an expensive exercise.