In Reply to: S & S's posted by gwmw on Thursday, 30. August 2007 at 15:23 Bali Time:
if you are straight but being gay going there with your local boyfriend (mature and more than old enough, for sure, thank you!) I can only write "WOW".
We just passed by, decided and agreed to take in the atmosphere of the here so recommended beach "bar".
Well, if you are a gay couple, you are either made as invisible as thin air or made feel like something that the cat dragged in.
We did not expect this attitude could still prevail in 2007 but it did, for sure, that evening.
The openly aired comments - made as we were not there - were cruel, at least for the local guy who would think that Westerners were a bit more broadminded. Truely sad, rude and depressing!
Besides, why on a regular basis during a vacation meet other tourists when the Balinese and their culture should be the reasons for travelling to Bali.