In Reply to: Poppies 2 posted by suew on Tuesday, 26. April 2005 at 13:06 Bali Time:
Been there...my first trip almost ten years ago and my first day out and about down poppies 2 with mates,my friends scammed with the bracelet deal,by a mob of girls,I follow,yeah some leather shop..down a seedy side alley,mobbed with the hair platted,nails ect,didn't understand no,all free yeah right,time to go,cough up,not enough money even after the barter,a minute latter the biggest bali boys im still yet to see all in black,doors closed..off to the hotel safe my friend goes with one...and about $50 each for nothing relly.
Oh god and it sounds like the same girls are still at it..they should be rich by now.