Hi everyone!
I have lived in Bali for over a year now, together with my Balinese girlfriend.
I have had my problems here, as certainly everybody does, but I could handle things until now.
We live directly at the beach, in a village near Singaraja.
There are quite a lot of so called Karaoke bars, brothels or what ever you want to call them, in this area.
They didn't really bother me until about 2 months ago the nearest to our house (about 500 meters away) turned up the volume...
Now the music is so loud that within a few hundred meters from the bar, nobody can sleep.
They usually stop at 2 o'clock in the night.
Last week they even turned it a little bit louder again... it is so unbearably loud now...
I've talked to people in my area, and everybody seems to be angry, but nobody actually does anything.
Some of the people who live really near to the bar (about 200 meter or nearer) had to leave their houses and move to relatives, because it's impossible to sleep during the night.
Many went there and complained, but the only response of the owners was that they sent some goons who threatened to kill the ones who complained.
They told a friend of mine, who complained: "Go on, go to the police and complain, that won't help you, because the police men drink here with our girls every evening..." I guess that's right.
So a fourth of the village has problems sleeping at night, everybody is angry but unfortunately too afraid to do something (which I can understand).
There are quite a lot of hotels and home stays in the surrounding area, not even they did anything (or maybe they just cannot...)
I know this is nothing new in Bali and it happens in many places... but I want to do something about it, which is a little bit difficult, because I'd rather preserve my anonymity.
So, does anybody here have experience in dealing with such a situation?
Or does anybody have ideas how to deal with it? Or maybe just some advices...?
I would be really grateful for some replies.
greetings Hans
I have lived in Bali for over a year now, together with my Balinese girlfriend.
I have had my problems here, as certainly everybody does, but I could handle things until now.
We live directly at the beach, in a village near Singaraja.
There are quite a lot of so called Karaoke bars, brothels or what ever you want to call them, in this area.
They didn't really bother me until about 2 months ago the nearest to our house (about 500 meters away) turned up the volume...
Now the music is so loud that within a few hundred meters from the bar, nobody can sleep.
They usually stop at 2 o'clock in the night.
Last week they even turned it a little bit louder again... it is so unbearably loud now...
I've talked to people in my area, and everybody seems to be angry, but nobody actually does anything.
Some of the people who live really near to the bar (about 200 meter or nearer) had to leave their houses and move to relatives, because it's impossible to sleep during the night.
Many went there and complained, but the only response of the owners was that they sent some goons who threatened to kill the ones who complained.
They told a friend of mine, who complained: "Go on, go to the police and complain, that won't help you, because the police men drink here with our girls every evening..." I guess that's right.
So a fourth of the village has problems sleeping at night, everybody is angry but unfortunately too afraid to do something (which I can understand).
There are quite a lot of hotels and home stays in the surrounding area, not even they did anything (or maybe they just cannot...)
I know this is nothing new in Bali and it happens in many places... but I want to do something about it, which is a little bit difficult, because I'd rather preserve my anonymity.
So, does anybody here have experience in dealing with such a situation?
Or does anybody have ideas how to deal with it? Or maybe just some advices...?
I would be really grateful for some replies.
greetings Hans