In Reply to: try living on $150 a month posted by splinter on Wednesday, 12. May 2010 at 17:24 Bali Time:
I have a Balinese friend who works in a hotel and her husband is a cleaner. When I have a spare $100 I send it over to them, as like you said it is nearly a month's wages.
Their pay goes on putting 2 kids through school and food in their mouths. They live in a 2 room house and don't even have hot water.
We go to Bali yearly (or try to) and each time we take our old mobile phones and give them to friends over there.
We are going back in July and I will be handing out more money.