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A LITERARY PASS BEFORE EVERY ADVENTURE Image: mytravelaffairs
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The Street that Testify Its History
The ‘Destination’ of New Beginnings
Kiwi and the Backpacker
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BALI:
Two Faces of Its Society By Made Anthony Iswara
T
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hink of Bali and you’ll
Yet, if you encounter him at his
unchanged,” said Agnes Korb, an own-
most likely describe it like
house just before sunrise, you’ll see
er of a travel agent in Bali Talisman
most travellers who have
him in a different light,
Asia.
boasted their Bali trip to their peers:
Dressed in sarong, a fabric
sandy white beaches, palm trees that
wrapped around his waist, he carries a
who
expands through the horizon and
dozen incense sticks with offerings
been living in
warm smiles of its inhabitant.
filled with flowers and fruits. As he
Bali for the
kneels before an intricately decorated
past 23 years
altars, he mumbles a set of prayers.
in Bali, en-
Bali, however, contains more than just the prevailing clichés provided by travel magazines in your nearest bookshops.
Isabel Asmara, a French woman
dorses
As he stroll down to commute for work, he passes by an elderly lady
idea.
Meet Ketut, a bartender in the
walking down the road topless — as she
“Do
trendiest bars downtown, who has
had done so since childhood — and
been using common banter in Eng-
greets with respect.
lish to interact with guests while mix-
“Such contrasts led to a conclu-
ing various cocktails with Bali’s exot-
sion that despite the strong influence
ic fruits.
of globalisation, the culture remains
have
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the not
come to Bali
solely for the beaches. The most important thing is the culture, the landscape and the people,” said Asmara.