Go East young man! East Bali around Candi Dasa or Amlapura - there's quite a few expats and almost no tourists in Jasri, just before Amlapura.I may have been unfair but reading the recent initiatives of the governor make me a little nervous. We were last In Bali just before covid and it was heaving then. Last winter I did spend a week cycling around Yogya villages which was very quiet. Also a month in Sri Lankan beach towns which were absolutely over run with young Russians and sometimes difficult to even find a menu which wasn't in Cyrillic.
Clearly everyone is entitled to their fun but in our later years my wife and I are more focused on finding a quiet bolt hole where we can have a relaxed sociable time at least during the winter months. It's a long time since Kuta, or Ubud offered that but I had hoped that Sanur might still be a bit of a backwater and Indonesia now seems to be opening more visa options.
As I said, we shall see, as we plan to give it a try towards the end of this year.
At least the comments from residents across this forum suggest that a more settled community still exists.
It's so laid back we bang our head on the backs of our sandals (while wearing them) .