A tale of two cities - Goa in India vs Bali in Indonesia

Ever since i visited bali, my thoughts ran back to GOA, which is one of my favourite destinations. A comparison between Goa and Bali would be ideal in my point of view since both these have many many similiarities. And from the readers perspective who want to choose between Goa and Bali from the table they can come to a clear conclusion of what they are looking for. All other things about these places is available on the internet.

 

 

GOA

BALI

Country

·         India

·         Indonesia

Geography

·         Coastal town

·         Island

Reaching there

·         Road, Rail, Air, Sea

·         Air, Sea

Local commuting

·         Bikes, Taxi available for renting.

·         Bike squads available to drop you at desired location.

·         Bikes, Taxi available for renting

Traffic within city

·         Limited

·         Horrible

Local People

·         Friendly people

·         Friendly people

Tourist / Crowd

·         Overcrowded during peak season

·         Overcrowded during peak season

Type of Accommodation

·         Hotels, Homestays, Flats, bungalows

·         Hotels, Homestays, Flats, bungalows

Cost of Living

·         High

·         High

Cost of Accommodation

·         Cheap and costly

·         Cheap and costly

Availability of Accommodation

·         Difficult to get during peak seasons. Prior booking required.

·         Plenty available

Active

·         North Goa – Active

·         South Goa – Laid back

·         North Bali – Laid back

·         South Bali – Active

Food

·         All varieties of Indian foods,

·         Chinese food, Tibetan food,

·         Continental food

·         Native food: Goan cuisine

·         Indonesian food.

·         All varieties of Indian foods,

·         Continental food

·         Native food: Bali cuisine

Sightseeing

·         Architecturally beautiful churches.

·         Famous for temples(different from indian architecture). Dwarf in size compared to ones in india.

Adventure

·         Trekking, rock climbing

·         Trekking

Beaches

·         Plenty of beaches for crowd lovers, as well as solitude lovers.

·         Safe for walking inside beach upto 2 kilometres.

·         Rocky beaches available.

·         Plenty.

·         Not as safe as Goa.

·         Rocky beaches available.

Water sports

·         Limited to parasailing, banana boat and water bike.

·         River rafting at dandeli  is very famous.

·         Excellent surfing spots.

·         World famous diving spots

·         Sea walking for children, beginners.

·         Submarine sea visit upto 70 metres for non-swimmers

·         River rafting at telaga waja is good.

Wildlife

·         Anshi and dandeli national parks.

·         Dolphin sighting available (if lucky)

·         Bird watching

·         Crocodile sighting

·         Bali night zoo

·         Dolphin sighting is easy

·         Bird watching

·         Crocodile sighting

Museums

·         Few

·         Plenty

Architecture

·         Not so traditional

·         Traditional

Ancient ruins

·         Nil

·         Few ruined structures and statues by earthquake

Partying and Nightlife

·         Good

·         Good

Arts & Crafts

·         Painting

·         Painting, Wood carving, Sculpting & Native jewellery

Dance

·         Not so famous.

·         Bali traditional dances (if interested can spend one day on this)

 

I conclude like this. If you are interested in diving go to Bali although options are available near GOA. If you want to roam around freely without much traffic , head straight to GOA. Most of other things are available in both these places.

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  3. Lived in Goa for 1 year and bali for 5. Both need infrastructure. Traffic in bali is chaos but it has more infrastructure than goa. The weather is the same, Bali is more expensive. Police and Gov are extremely corrupt in both places. Locals in both places are no longer friendly like 30 years ago. Its the help from neighboring areas that do all the work and are friendly. They are both very similar. Its easier to smoke weed in goa, its easier to hook up with a local chick in bali. Very very similar.

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