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Bali, Indonesia's famed tropical paradise, has charmed plenty of tourists over the years.
But it's also leaving a growing number disillusioned - recently among them Zoe Rae.
"Since landing in Bali, something for us has just not felt quite right," she said in a YouTube video in July, filmed in her hotel room.
"We came to Bali with high expectations because we'd seen on social media everyone having such a lovely time."
She added: "If you took a picture of the coffee shop and zoomed out, you would see what the reality was."
Ms Rae did not describe the reality she saw - nor reply to the BBC's questions. But it was unsettling enough to make her book an impromptu flight to Dubai to continue celebrating her wedding anniversary there instead.