Bali waterfalls

If you don't like waterfalls, skip this posting 😉😅
Indonesia offers tons of waterfalls, as written before, you literally anywhere can visit some.
Due to the extreme tourism in the south of Bali, I've finally decided to totally skip that part of Bali and go instead to the north - and to the mountains.
Together with Téa, a traveller from Canada I've met in Karimunjawa before, I went around to explore the mountainous areas of central Bali and visit some nice places -mostly viewpoints and waterfalls- there.
Not much more to tell, it's just impossible to describe the beauty of nature and the outstanding experience any waterfall gives to me is amazing, again and again.
Had some great days going around with Téa on my scooter and enjoying awesome landscapes!
Furthermore we got in touch with the local "waterfall mafia", groups of people who obviously bribe the official staff at the entrance gates, so if you don't insist on getting an entry ticket only, without a guide, they will not offer it and even try to stop you from entering the site without paying huge amounts for hiring a guide. 😔 If they wouldn't act so greedy and impolite, but offer some reasonable priced value service, they wouldn't put a bad picture on Bali's tourism industry, but unfortunately you can see things like that a lot at Bali, even if that one here was kind of extreme. 😥 I assume it comes along with a weak government and a highly capitalist focused way of organizing tourism without too many regulations. 🤷
All in all I had several experiences at Bali, which didn't fit into the picture from Indonesia, for now, according to people here often looking at you like at a "walking wallet" and giving you wrong information on purpose of making you spend more money (for often no or bad services). It's a pity, but I have to blame arrogant and unconscious and often even ignorant tourists for supporting that behavior, too.😥
Still Bali is an amazing place to visit, but here you really cannot be as trustful, as you usually can in Java and Sumatra, here you have to question and double-triple-check any pricing, any information, given by locals, if you don't want to get ripped off, unfortunately.
Luckily I still was able to meet some amazing people in Bali's mountainous, rural areas, experienced some amazing hospitality and enjoyed exploring central Bali a lot - and had a lot of fun, going around with other travelers, looking for similar experiences.😎Read more