In Reply to: Beach Bums. posted by tingtang on Friday, 20. March 2009 at 03:50 Bali Time:
It's starting to seem like it. Only one beach hawker has ever attempted to sell me anything and that was a half-hearted sell attempt lasting all of 2 minutes.
I'm not friends or acquainted with anyone on the beach and have never distributed free stuff to anyone in Bali other than to a charity.
It's the same on the streets of Kuta or anywhere - i say "no thanks" and no further attempt is made to sell me a thing. I've no idea what's going on because it because it sure wasn't like that on my first trip to Bali. Same happens in other Asian countries. On the other hand, my husband needs to be constantly 'rescued.'