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…Up until now, the exchange of [...] cultural information between East and West has been rather one-sided. Great efforts have been made to westernize the East, but little has been done to easternize the West.

~Ramayana: Indonesian Wayang Show Sunardjo Haditjaroko

Advertorial:

Bali is the chill new destination for tourists seeking solitude and peace on a tropical oasis. The best way to describe life on the island is easy-going, laid-back, and very colourful. Come and enjoy Bali. You deserve it.

Reality:

Bali is a haggard, worn-out destination for throngs of yuppies sold on the promise of finding solitude and peace on an overcrowded, scorched, impoverished island. The best way to describe life on the island is scatter-brained, manic, lacking opportunity and money, and struggling (against capitalism) to maintain the beautiful shreds of its own authenticity. Come and encroach on a suffocating culture. We accept credit. (Death to drugtraffickers).

Tau, tau…Guah bikin sensasi aja.