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Posted by Original_Mitch on Saturday, 1. May 2010 at 16:28 Bali Time:

This is going to be a rant on the lines of Hilary's a while back.

It is to do with the Indo-National. Kerry & Milton have lived our dream by living & working in Bali for going on 7 years. They have been very successful. I still don't understand the rubbishing they get on this forum.

The majority of restaurants & bars in the Kuta/Legian/Seminyak strip are owned by foreigners so the eat local thing doesn't work. I have been to restaurants in recent times that have been recommended here on the forum & been disgusted with the food & things like no water to flush toilets or wash your hands.

Many people enjoy the company of Kerry & Milt, if only for a Bintang during happy hour. As for the aspersions about them mistreating their staff, I just don't know where this comes from. They have only had one staff member leave due to being unhappy & this is Desak who now runs the Moonlight Café for another Australian owner.

The staff roster gives them one day off a week which would be possibly a first in Bali. Kerry & Milton have a 2 week holiday in November each year. They have been the first owners to give staff a fully paid holiday every year. I cannot see how this is not to of benefit of their staff. Time with their families whilst being paid is a bonus I would have thought.

The majority of people with negative comments are unaware of the amount of behind the scenes work for the Balinese that Kerry & Milt continue to be involved in. Do the right thing, talk to other people, find out the depth of their commitment to both the local banjar & other impoverished areas of Bali plus the outlying islands.

To put a cat amongst the pigeons, is it the bogans that everyone is talking about that are putting this couple down constantly? Just a thought!

Mitch



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