In Reply to: I've heard that the only way to really posted by willow on Thursday, 6. August 2009 at 08:10 Bali Time:
because many of the taxi drivers are not Balinese anyway!! After over thirty years of travel trhough the region it is still hard to identify where someone comes from - and like many Australians, those in Bali can be 2nd or third generation migrants (result of large transmigrasi programs ) where they are living.
I have found most Indonesians are generally helpful and friendly and find that stereotyping Javanese/Balinese characteristics is generally unhelpful.