nomad4ever

In Bali, as in most parts of Indonesia and other asian countries as well, you have people who earn their living by selling food.

They push a small cart up and down the streets, selling everything from Nasi Goreng (Fried Rice), Bubur Ayam (Rice Porridge with Chicken), Bakso (Beef Ball Soup), Cendol (sweet jelly dessert on crushed ice), coconut drinks, jamuh (medicine drinks), cake, donuts, ice-cream and other delicate specialties.

They can cook or cool their dishes in these carts, and of course it pays to check the over-all-hygiene of those carts beforehand. :-)

written by Chris

Although ‘wealthy’ or ‘rich’ are terms a lot of people would interpret entirely different, it usually means that you have a lot of money. A load of money. Tons of money. Or at least more money than the guy next door, your neighbour.

Even the United Nations had to evaluate in its latest study, what ‘rich’ actually means – globally speaking:

• USD 500.000 are required to rank among the wealthiest 1% of the world’s people
• Only 37 Millions of people live on this planet, with that level of wealth

written by Chris

When you stay a bit longer in one place – basically when you are a traveler, not tourist – internet cafe’s tend to lose their appeal to surf the internet. The disadvantages are many

• you have basically shared bandwidth, therefore slower connection
• they tend to be more expensive than own dedicated access (of course; they have a whole infrastructure and staff to pay for)
• it can be noisy, if many people are around or some kids play shooter games
• it’s not very private, if you want to “Skype” someone, on top of that you disturb the people around you

written by Chris

…because it is run by a bunch of fraudsters and violent criminals!

Why, you might ask? Here is the whole story:

My fiancee and me had a ball of a time partying the night away with friends on New Year’s Eve in Jalan Dhyana Pura, Bali. After midnight, around 3-4am of the first day of the New Year 2007, we thought it might be a good idea to sway in some chill-out rhythms to one of Kuta’s famous in-places – the music club “MBarGo” in Jalan Legian, Kuta. We’d been there before and usually they play a nice mix of music on 2 floors.

written by Chris