I saw this coming 25 years ago, when it was not so crowded. Then there few motorbikes, only bemo's and Jimny's. No Suv's yet or mega buses! I said then that these people are going to breed like rabbits and there will be a population explosion which has happened! Now they are all grown up and have a new crop of kids all of which want a car or motorbike. The roads are too small to handle this, so what should take 30 minutes to go, now takes 1 and a half hours to go. A good example is Canggu, Ubud, Ulu Watu! Back then, it was just rice fields and beaches. Now it is madness with so much traffic. The locals can't resist the thought of big bucks in their pockets so all of them move to these places and create a huge mess of traffic. Yes the tourist want their gyms, spa's, fancy vegetable juices, villa's, with private swimming pools. But it has created a situation that is madness. The prices have skyrocketed! The locals have dollars for eyes now and speak with a forked tongue. They pretend to be so nice and welcome the tourist, but it's only for show and really just want the money! The greed now is unbelievable!
Unfortunately plastic is still treated like a banana leaf and thrown everywhere. I cannot understand why these supposedly spiritual people don't understand this and don't educate the children in the schools and the pollution piles up higher and higher! It is not the tourist that throw all this rubbish in the streams, rivers, and ocean! There is an expression I heard ( Jaga Bali Bersih) which means ( Keep Bali Clean) Too bad it's not taught in the schools and Banjar meetings!
