I’ve been on the Internet a lot lately looking for good expat and travel blogs and tips on blog design, etc. Somewhere I clicked on a link to the LA Times travel section and a feature titled Overrated Destinations of the World. I am sure there are tons of overrated destinations and I am sure the degree of overrated-ness must be a very subjective thing. Still, I was appalled to read one reader’s idea of why Bali was overrated:
It was the ending part of our cruise from Hong Kong to Bali. The weather was very hot, and the humidity seemed near 100%, which we were told is normal for November. Our hotel was very luxurious. We left our patio door open about an inch while we went to dinner and came back to bugs everywhere. In daytime, mosquitoes ate us up. The hotel grounds were beautiful but couldn’t be enjoyed because of the temperatures and bugs. Outside of the hotel’s grounds, there was poverty everywhere and beggars. It was not the paradise we expected. Never again. We’ve been all over the world, and this was the worst spot we’ve ever been in.
The reader suggested a trip to Hawaii instead. Geez. I’m speechless. She went to Bali and was not pleased with the poverty outside her hotel?! Welcome to reality! I’m curious what world they’ve been all over?
