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Staying in Bali and I am noticing that there is a real surge in prices here and I wonder if the prices will get as high as they are in Thailand, where for a lot of budget accommodations many travelers are priced out of what they were use to getting pretty regularly for cheap lodging.

In Sanur Beach the room rates went for $12 a night to nearly $20 and the rooms were a lot older and not nearly as nice as when they were brand new.  Now inflation is true everywhere but it has gone way beyond what the locals are seeing in their wages so this is more of profiteering than natural price increases.  this happens anywhere there is a surge in tourist and I suspect that it will be a several years before the prices affect the numbers of tourists.

I for one and not spending as much time in Thailand as I use to because I don't believe that I am getting value for my money.  In Laos and Cambodia you can still get good deals all though in Cambodia the food costs have risen allot mostly because the fuel costs are very high compared to other countries in the region and you can bet when the oil starts pumping in Cambodia the government will not be subsidising fuel like you would see in Malaysia Thailand and Indonesia.