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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bali, Indonesia. Some of it was very trashy. Amazingly trashy. [/quote]

This is mine. I feel unbelievably privileged to be able to say it, like what a-hole complains about Bali?! FWIW I had lived in Asia for a long time (various parts) so this would be akin to taking a 5 day trip to FL from here, so that is part of the privilege I suppose.

And I didn't have a miserable time or anything, I was on holiday and it was fun and relaxing. I was all over the country, not just one part. It just ranked so low compared to a lot of other places in Asia. Bali is full of tourists who are either bad stereotypes of tourists to poorer but beautiful countries to party like Russian EDM-loving 20 year old d-bags OR tourists who think they are an "authentic traveller" and so much above and different than other (white) people visiting because #namaste, and the like. LOL. If you are into the surfing culture/ scene it can be pretty awesome.

Scenery is beautiful but not really unique to many other islands and areas of SE Asia.[/quote]

I'm the one who posted about Bali that you responded to. To be fair, my experience was comparable to yours. I didn't have a bad time. We were living in Dubai and Bali is a cheap flight from Dubai. Parts of Bali (Kuta especially) was like the most trashy part of Ocean City on steroids with a large dose of prostitutes thrown in, all flirting with redneck Australians. Traffic was bad everywhere on the island. The Russians were peculiar, the women all dressed like cheap tarts and constantly posing in the most sexual way for photos by their boyfriends. There are no great beaches on Bali as it's almost all rocky. And I completely agree with you about the young hipster/hippy backpackers with their dreds and kaffir scarves and hand-rolled cigarettes who pretend they're "authentic travellers"  :roll: But there were beautiful spots on Bali, glorious sunsets and the water itself is gorgeous and the food was pretty good. It just wasn't this paradise sold to you. We found other parts of SE Asia more enjoyable. [/quote]

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