In Reply to: JBR 5 - Drivers and Taxis posted by I Wayan Yan on Wednesday, 13. December 2006 at 21:11 Bali Time:
Certainly not in the Bali I just returned from. Certainly there were drivers outside every hotel touting (I prefer this word to accosting)for business. There were also drivers on the road and everywhere else looking for non existant business. What are they supposed to do? if they drive up and down they are using fuel. Tourist numbers are way down and there are too many drivers/private cars and taxis all touting for the same business and going home at the end of the day with nothing. Sorry to disagree but I do not call that an easy life. There are very few drivers in Bali at the moment with an easy life.