In Reply to: hot water posted by Freogirl on Thursday, 13. May 2010 at 11:10 Bali Time:
houses in Bali and Java we have only just got hot water for the first time.
As in all countries there are poor, middle and wealthy. Compared to most of Indonesia Balinese are generally much better off - look at the mobile phones many have - not given by tourists - and the number of motor bikes, even from intermediate school kids have their own in many places. Housing areas in Denpasar would rival the upmarket areas of many cities and are occupied by locals, not expatriates.
But many are very subsistence level also.