In Reply to: JBR 16 -24 April Dynasty Part1 posted by RCALKIN on Friday, 7. May 2010 at 12:39 Bali Time:
but from then on it's like water off a duck's back. Someone explained it to me like this: "If you were to walk through your local Westfield responding to every sign with a "no thanks", "not today" or "only looking" then you'd never get anywhere. Touts in Bali are like signs in Westfield. Choose the ones you want to take notice of and ignore the rest." It grates at first because in Australia it's polite to reply to any person who talks to you. That's not the case in Indonesia. I don't even really notice the touts much any more. You learn to just gaze into the distance and walk along without a care in the world. Cheerio, Luke.