DARK SIDE OF LIVING IN BALI

WHY wouldn’t you want to move to a island that has lot of natural attractions, One of the worlds best Island and Julia Roberts filming location for Box Office 204 Million dollars Movie "Eat, Pray and Love"?

A question I asked myself in 2017, as I was making the big move to Bali.

The Bali was moving to was the Bali had seen in Justin Bieber’s holiday Instagrams, home to the crossfit, the tropical and the relaxness.

                                         Pic 1. Biebers playing Traditional Muscic Calung in Bali

In real life, Bali is like an never-ending story land .

At first, it’s on its best behavior. It will zip you through the dramatic Kuta & Legian. Number one on the list of attraction and uniqueness of each tourism area in Bali is Kuta & Legian. Kuta is the most renowned tourist area in Bali, especially Kuta beach Bali, while Legian tourism area is a neighbor of Kuta.

Pic 2. Kuta & Legian Street

But during all this, the real Bali will stay hidden until you move in. Here 5 (five) things dark side of living in Bali :

1. Badly behaved tourists in Bali

Pic 3. Badly behaved tourist

According to various media reports, this summer alone an Indian family was caught stealing from a hotel and publicly shamed after a video of their stash being exposed went viral; a Muslim tourist brandished a knife at Balinese beachgoers, ordering them off the sand in front of his villa; a Russian traveller was jailed after being arrested at Denpasar airport for trying to smuggle an orangutan, two geckos and five lizards out of the country; having had rather too much to drink, an Australian man went on a half-naked rampage, fly-kicking a motorcyclist and jumping onto the bonnet of a moving car, among other misdemeanours; and a Czech couple caused outrage when they were caught on camera disrespecting a religious site. And that’s before we even get started on begpackers. That picture is best part to described part of badly behaved tourist.

2. Bali Land Prices on an Alarming Rise

                                                            Pic 4. Seminyak land

We will be comparing it against an acre (approximately 4,000 square meters) in Southern California which carries an average price of 1 million USD depending on location. To make things easier to work with and to be able to compare the prices more directly, we will be comparing 40 are in Bali (4,000 square meters) against 1 acre in Southern California (also 4,000 square meters).

1 are @ rp 300,000,000 x 40 = rp 12,000,000,000 now let’s convert that into USD at the current exchange rate of 8,700. So 12,000,000,000 divided by 8,700 becomes $1,379,310.34. It is a plausible argument that no one would buy 40 are of land in Bali at the original price for such a large plot as discounts are usually given for larger plots. So why don’t we just take that $379,310.34 off and call it an even million dollars. it shows how expensive the land of paradise.

3. Motorbike everywhere

                                                        Pic 5. Motorbike and Police Operation

It’s not uncommon to see young visitors walking around on crutches or covered in bandages – the likely result of a motorbike crash. road rules aren’t taken too seriously here, and the streets can be dangerous as a result. Always wear a helmet, and only drive if you have a license back home, and if you feel comfortable navigating the streets.


4. Trash Attack in Beach

                                                Pic 6. Travel Vlogger around trash

The wet season rains exasperate Bali’s garbage issues, washing up large quantities of organic and non-organic junk onto its shores.  the volume of waste evacuated from the Badung coast recently has been the highest recorded in ten years, with 250 tons of waste being collected every day.

The affected stretches include the popular tourist beaches of Kuta, Seminyak, Petitenget, Batu Belig, Canggu, and Jimbaran. Understandably, Bali’s visitors have expressed disappointment towards the cluttered coastlines.

5. Begpackers Exploded

Pic 7. Begpacker in Street

The begpacker has become a scourge across Asia, affecting everywhere from Bangkok to Kuala Lumpur, as well as here in Bali. Almost always white, the bedraggled begpacker often clutches a handwritten sign appealing for help. “I am travelling around Asia without money. Please support my trip,” they might entreat passers-by, blissfully unaware that the cost of their round-the-region journey probably exceeds the annual earnings of the local residents they purblindly petition for help.