Extent of decades of development is laid bare as Indonesia wrestles with how to control development on the holiday island
“I wonder what Bali used to be like?” is a common refrain heard on Indonesia’s best-known holiday island.
Famous for its lush green rice paddies and stunning beaches, the “island of the Gods” has undergone rapid change over the past half-century with locals and tourists complaining about the traffic, pollution and badly behaved foreigners that have come with the hotels and resorts that now swamp the island.
