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IF there's a global financial crisis in Bali, someone forgot to tell the developers, who continue to expand the urban sprawl of Kuta from the backblocks of Kerobokan to the high cliffs of the Bukit.
And, with Bali still one of the cheapest beach holiday options on offer, whatever massive hotel complexes or chic $2000-a-night spa resorts they build, they seem to fill.But what if you want really cheap chic, like back in the day when you needed a torch to get from Kuta to Legian and for $10 a night you were living in luxury? Does it still exist?
Short answer, no. But the recently opened Bali Pearl Hotel, a few blocks off the beach in the heart of Seminyak, is a step in the right direction (that is, backwards). Only in price, mind you. About $80 (cash only, thanks) will get you its best suite: spacious, airconditioned and with a huge deck overlooking pool and garden. There are only two of these included in the 10 rooms on offer; the others grade down to about $50 for a smallish affair on the ground floor.