In Reply to: The Point As I See It................ posted by Addy of Oz on Sunday, 9. January 2011 at 23:47 Bali Time:
Bali is Bali. It will always be like it. You are not in your own country.
I have been travelling there for over 20yrs.
If people weren't so annal(?) things might be a little different.
The tourist (attitudes)has almost destroyed the the beautiful nature of the Balinese.
You will probably find that most taxi drivers are not Balinese anyway.
Many are from Java.
Relax and smile and be polite and firm if you think you are paying too
much even laugh in the moment. This can be very disarming.
Anyway you are paying tourist price no matter what. BTW 50cents is a lot of money to a local.