@ncyrracdar
I have been to quite a few places that are popular with tourists, most of them feel very “American-ized” for lack of a better word. I remarked in a different answer that even Vietnam felt all too familiar to me as an American. While there’s a Starbucks and a few chain restaurants here and there in Bali, this is absent from most of the island. Once outside the major population centers, Bali very much feels like a place from a different time. This was refreshing and fascinating to me.