In Reply to: A thought on 1st timers to Bali posted by Hillary on Saturday, 19. February 2005 at 09:08 Bali Time:
I was lucky enougth on our first stay in Kuta 26 trips ago that I
watched the way a veteran tourist delt with the Hawkers as she walked down the lanes and streets. She totally ignored them and so they didn't bother wasting time on her.
I did the same and it works. Back then the hawkers were 10 times worse than they are now.!!
We still bought of them but did it all at once sitting in a small warung type restaurant at night, we would call one over and buy something of him and told him to tell the other hawkers not to try and sell us anything. Then we asked the same guy to go and get us what ever we wanted and he would take off and come back with the item while we sat in peace. Our children were young then and it just made it so much easier..
Bob