Respect for the locals?

Sad, but true. Yet respect should perhaps not be about differences in lifestyle or culture, but about our common humanity. In the blog post I implied that some people leave their capacity to respect at the airport; but in reality those people never arrived with any.

Hi, I'm a newbie to the forum since yesterday and Bali is my passion. Moving to Bali is No. 1 on my "Bucket List" and still have a few years to go before I can hopefully make this dream come true.  59 more sleeps before we're off again to Tanjung Benoa our home-away-from-home and I can't wait.

I was amazing to read that we're not the only people who share your feelings.  How often do we see others behave this way and it breaks my heart to put it mildly.  How can adult people be so rude to these beautiful people is beyond my comprehension and something that I believe we will never understand.  Our Balinese friends have come to ignore this obnoxious behaviour but it is sad none-the-less. I believe this behavior tends to be more in Kuta but we also experienced it with a group of wealthy Germans in Tanjung Benoa. I was so mad I wanted to slap the lot of them, but they wouldn't have understood why.

So, no - you're definitely NOT being over sensitive, it's a widespread problem in Bali but luckily primarily confined to Kuta area where Bintang flows like water. These apes should be collected when it gets dark and confined in their cages or better yet sent back on the boat or plane where they came from the whole disrespecful lot of 'em!!!!!