In Reply to: People visit Bali for posted by BintangTime on Monday, 8. March 2010 at 18:15 Bali Time:
Unfortunately many of these issues maybe the Balinese/Indonesians own creation. For example, we have boundaries in Australia which if you overstep, someone will either tap you on the shoulder and say you,ve had enough. ask you to leave or throw you out kindly donating a knuckle sandwich for being a w*nker. W*nker being the point where you stopped showing respect for your surroundings.
I remember in the 80's they were called "Bouncers". These were the gentlemen employed to deal with the w*nkers. I believe they are now "Crowd Controllers".
Anyway the general requirement for a bouncer was Fijian or Samoa. They were big lads on and off the rugby field who didn't take too much sh*t. Admittedly they were at times over zealous but they reminded many to think about their previous nights actions.
They weren't unlike the balinese in one respect. That luring smile just before impact. A dentist's nightmare.
The Balinese, although having a few violent periods in their history, are as we know, placid people who resist confrontation.
What i am trying to say is that there aren't too many boundaries placed on the traveler to Bali. And so many cultural and complexed differences debated and argued over and over again.
Soo......perhaps an easier and lighter request would be........by all means go for that myriad of reasons ....BUT be respectful along the way........we all make mistakes but try to learn from them without requiring a piece of porcelain missing in the morning......
It's not a nice smile and bloody hard to whistle..........:))
And honestly.........we are all very very Lucky....
P.S 4 days to go....:)))