Hi! Nice thread. Just spent a month in Bali and have couple of questions.
First, what would you say are nice beaches for tanning & swimming with minimal trash? I visited plenty and managed to find only one - Double Six Beach. And compared to Phuket it wasn't that nice looking, but at least there was no trash and sandy bottom. Is that it or did I just run bad?
2. What is in the northern part of island? I went to as far as Ubud only. Is it mostly densely populated local areas with bad traffic?
My favorite part of the island was Uluwatu, only area I could find where traffic was a bit more chill and you could actually enjoy driving around motorbike
And Nusa Lembongan island was also great - just 30 minute boatride from Sanur port, one really nice beach (Dream Beach) and very cheap.