In Reply to: fuel price posted by mr_ben on Saturday, 13. July 2013 at 20:08 Bali Time:
Yes Mr_Ben I am here now and have read the newspaper article about the chillies as it is actually making news here. No doubt other things have gone up as well but it is not all fuel related. For instance the weather was also blamed for the chillies and the fruit and veg, a truck carrying a load of fruit and veg to market does have the extra cost of fuel but no where near enough to say it has doubled. A lot of people are saying it is the fault of the government for increasing the fuel but that is only one component of any item.
Drivers at the moment are putting up prices and putting the blame on the fuel when in fact, for some, it is greed. Some tour operators are doing the same for tours that include transport while others are saying an extra $2 per person per tour is more than enough. I certainly don't condem them for wanting to increase their charges to cover costs, but not by so much that they are laughing at the tourists for being so gullable.