In Reply to: Finding "The Real Bali" posted by Hillary on Saturday, 21. July 2007 at 09:47 Bali Time:
the real bali is what i see now.I dont know any different having only been going for the last 10 or so years.But when we went in 2003 showed a chap i worked withsome videos we had taken and his response in almost awe was that aint the bali i know mind he had gone there as a recruiter wait for it the church of scientology in the very late 1960s.He lived in basically a small shanty type home near kuta beach he bathed in the river with the locals ate all the local food including the odd dog mind you it was dog specially bred for eating.there was absolutely no commercialism he hadnt seen a can of coca cola in the 2 years he was there,no washing powder soaps deodorants etc is that the real bali for him it was but times change theres progress and like anything some good some we could do without.Make Bali real for you in whatever shape or form that takes enjoy it love it put back into something that will help the people the economy the enviroment and then it will become our special and Real Bali