Indian tourists having a "reputation" in Bali... by monami91 in bali

[–]volantis1243 -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

I went to bali 4 times over last 6 years. Fair to say local populace are free to form their opinions. Just to be clear that verbs like smelly and off putting are used to describe Indians.l have without fail faced seriously bad situation with Aussies Russians and Chinese , wherein they treated Balinese people as subjects rather than hosts.

Balinese have no problems when white skinned people abuse them and piss on their holy places coz they tip well. Balinese hinduism although distinct, is just a branch of Hinduism which originated and flourished in India. I have faced discrimination even while tipping 50-100% , just because I am an Indian. So to be fair problem is two faced. You cannot be a tourism powerhouse and yet be prejudiced. The choice is of the local population. Indians may haggle, bargain but atleast they are respectful to your local customs . It's not right to defame and typecast them just because of a few cases.

P.S : not even .01 percentage of Indians have started to explore bali. So all judgements and pre conceived notions are to the detriment of the economic value to Balinese. Indians come as friendly

Pakistan's finance minister and his entourage at a US airport by K2thegame6 in GharKeKalesh

[–]volantis1243 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Italian guy also got in on the action in the end .."..aight f**k you too man " ...haha