Sick and tired of tourist ripoffs

I know we have more money than the Balinese. I know we should contribute to the upkeep of historic and spiritual sites. But it does seem we get put on a treadmill of having to visit the same sites and keep paying no matter what.
Penglipuran is billed as a historic village preserved in traditional style. What a joke?
Just about all the houses have tin roofed lean-tos full of tourist junk to sell. We paid to see it then they want us to pay more for junk.
The street scape has actually been preserved and there is occasional house with traditional style but most look like crap.Read more