For too long, Bali has been portrayed to the world as the paradise of paradises. But Bali is also violent, ugly, distasteful and living in Bali can be a game of survival.
This is the Bali that I know and I have called home for almost a decade, a Bali where the fittest survive and those with the biggest wallet and the greatest connections endure.
There is much I love about Bali, but I became so tired of tourists gushing blindly about how wonderful Bali is. The truth about the people living in Bali - the Balinese, Indonesian locals and expats, including myself - needs to be known, and journalists often seem afraid to write about it.
And so I started writing a book called Bali Raw: An Expose of the Underbelly of Bali, Indonesia ...
I read your blog from the top down, so this is the last post I read, not the first. The blog is good - it tells some home truths - and I imagine the book must be better. Good work. I do wonder what you do next - can there possibly be a second act?
ReplyDeleteHi Phillip
ReplyDeleteThank you for taking the time to post a comment and for your thoughts regarding the blog. I really do hope the Blog and Bali Raw help, in some small way, travellers to the island and Bali itself.
I also hope you find time to read Bali Raw. Bali offered me a lot experiences while I lived there and I have no shortage of material to write about.
Regards
Mal Scott