In Reply to: Yes it's a sort of a syndrome posted by Hillary on Sunday, 14. May 2006 at 08:36 Bali Time:
for your help, it has been really useful and encouraging. I think Hillary is right, I have taken off those rose coloured glasses and am still adjusting to the view!
Everyone on here seems to just love Bali regardless. I don't mean that I expect it to be perfect but don't you guys get annoyed about anything??
I found the hawkers very hard to take this time, I know they need the money, but don't they understand that it just puts a lot of people off?? Also all the guys on the street saying. "Hey, I know you!" I just wanted to scream "NO YOU b****y well DON"T!!"
I also admit to getting cross about the rubbish laying around everywhere. Friends say, oh it gets washed up on the beach from Java, but I see many of my friends just dropping their rubbish everywhere. Even in the mountain villages, there is rubbish, wrappers and plastic bags laying all over the place.
Maybe Bali lovers and this forum could help to get these important messages across to the Balinese.
Any way, enough gripes for the day, I do love Bali, I just wish she would grow up a bit.