What they don’t tell you about Bali

Sanur, Bali, Nov 5th, 2012

It’s hot, humid and sticky.

Luckily I traveled in my twenties. Today, when changing money at a small “Government Authorized” money changer, we counted out the money together. Then just as I was about to take the money, he (the money changer) picks it up to count again, and as he does so he drops some of it into his lap hoping I won’t notice and will leave shortchanged. Luckily, I’d been shortchanged before, two decades before. Now I’m waiting for the guy who needs a few dollars to get the bus, the guy who tells us his wallet’s been stolen, the guy with the fast hands ….

Oh, did I mention, It’s hot, humid and sticky. Tomorrow, we’re off to malaria country.

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