In Reply to: balinese culture posted by kemana on Monday, 8. March 2010 at 17:12 Bali Time:
The culture?
I have been going for over 20 years,lots of people then were going to do the same as they do now only Bali tourism as made it worse in Kuta and other areas to gain more tourist dollar!
I just dont get the "Embrace the culture" thing? Thats just me though!
I am not a drunken slob or bogan but I still like staying in Kuta.
When a place anywhere in the world becomes a "popular" destination for overseas holiday makers they are not there for the culture only and the locals are only too obliging to give them what they want.
Change of surrounding,different climate,different food,different people,money goes a long way etc.
Perhaps Kuta way of life is now part of Bali's culture just as pubs and nightclubs are part of the Australian culture!
The world is changing all the time.
Westerners raped the world many years ago,too late to cry foul now!
Lots of cultures want a bit of what we have had for years (wealth) why stop them!