In Reply to: Is it that difficult? Guides& Drivers posted by rehser on Friday, 1. April 2005 at 06:00 Bali Time:
"official licensed guide"
Even if you book the very commercial trips the 'guides' are usually locals making a few thousand rupiah at best to show you around .
I don't think there are too many licenced/official anything/anyone in Bali. Take your time and read a few BTF comments from the past few months - you should be able to sort "hawkers " as you refer to them from the genuine comments of tourists. Good luck.