Dear Readers,
On the fourth and final day of our trip, we again enjoyed the buffett breakfast. The day before, a Sunday, the place had been deserted. Today the place was packed. The hotel had turn over and a new crowd had arrived over night. We packed up our stuff and headed for the beach.
The same crowd of beggers that had plagued us the day before was waiting on us again. Steve offered to buy one bracelet and that's when everything crashed. They all started screaming, touching us, asking for everyone to get paid because it wasn't fair that we bought from only one. Steve didn't even have enough money to pay them what they demanded for a trinket. I got up and left. They waited. Steve left to get more money from the hotel. They waited. Steve came back and they demanded more, more, pay everyone or else. I left again. He got nasty and they finally left. It left a bad taste in our mouths. Never give in. You can't do something nice. It's never enough. You should do nothing. Isn't that sad? As a Christian, that hurts.
We got back to the hotel and ate lunch at Mcdonalds again. The tour guide picked us up for the final trip to the airport.On the way he took us by the place where the Taliban had killed 200 people at a nightclub. There's a memorial in the hole now with all the names listed. Funny. The US and Bali both have holes with memorials. We share a common experience of tragedy.
We had to pay 300,000 indonesian money to get out of Dodge. They get you coming and going. Funny but the same crowd we came to Bali with were on the plane on the way back. Still late.
We all had the same package-Bali Free and Easy. It wasn't free or easy. But it was fun.
Next, we are leaving for Cambodia shortly. When I went to change the Indonesian money to Cambodia money, they said they never did that. No one in Singapore sold it-it was that useless. Only American dollar excepted. That tells you something about the country. Stay tuned.
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