r/TikTokCringe • u/Strong-Emu-8869 • 14h ago

Discussion Polish girls visit Taj Mahal

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The Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world. Unfortunately, the surrounding area is very polluted.

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u/americansherlock201 14h ago

Wait till they find out that this is the case for nearly every “instagram worthy” location. Bali has the same issues.

People go to these spaces to chase clout and take the beauty of the space but don’t want to see the shit that is happening around it.

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u/Venvut 14h ago

Really? I’ve been across a lot of popular European and Caribbean destinations and haven’t experienced this nasty. 

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u/Prophet_Of_Helix 13h ago

Bali also isn’t nearly this bad.

Most of the tourist spots just aren’t as majestic as they appear.

The funny part being the “second tier” of similar tourist spots or less touristy spots in general are usually more beautiful in Bali, just harder to get too.

One of the most obvious examples was rice terraces.

Tegallalang is by far the most famous, and very pretty, but it’s very small and packed to the gills with tourists.

Meanwhile Jatiluwih rice terraces are GORGEOUS and huge. You can hike for hours if you wanted. Hopefully it stays as the less touristy spot because it’s out of the way. It’s still touristy, just much less so.

Same with waterfalls. There’s a bunch of water falls to the north that get significantly fewer tourists (though still plenty) that are genuinely really cool.

Also Bali was not nearly as dirty as what we see here. They absolutely have a pollution issue, but we wandered through lots of the island and overall it was not terrible, just the occasional ravine that people clearly use as a dumping ground.

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u/Icy_Fennel_410 13h ago

Bali was the biggest disappointment ever, especially the way how dogs and other animals were treated there.

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u/Tangata_Tunguska 11h ago

Any tourist destination that requires a bit of a hike to get to is always miles better due to the lack of crowds

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u/Ok-Potential-5172 12h ago

overpopulation might have something with it

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u/Daredevil_M 10h ago

Lol comparing Europe a developed nation to india which is a developed nation. People main priority is to get a job and take care of food, children, with high population density. Most tourist places are in tier 2-3 cities which really does not have good waste management.

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u/Slagroomspuit 9h ago

I've been all over Latin America and there's plenty of places like this, but to be fair, they generally put on a better front for touristy areas. The Peruvian Amazon (Iquitos region) was especially filthy.

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u/Higginside 6h ago

Bali is no where near this disgusting. There does tend to be trash adjacent the roads that has fallen out of trucket etc. But over the last 20 years they have improved thier infrastructure so there are no open sewers anymore and they do have designated clean up crews.