In Reply to: people and places i met in my 2 months posted by inmyblood on Wednesday, 12. July 2006 at 21:56 Bali Time:
Enjoyed reading your thoughts and impressions, I lived there for two years and experienced a lot of the same, i.e. the money bit. You are right, they really do think we are all rich and when you loook at it from their perspective, tourists go out for 2 to 3 meals a day, shop till they drop, sit around drinking and partying every day/night. If we had friends or neighbours in Australia who did same thing here, we would think they were wealthy.
I also tried to explain so they could understand, that we work all year and save up for this once a year bash, but how can the locals understand when even if they have a job, they dont get holidays, let alone paid holidays. Would love to discuss this further with you, can I have email addy?