Monday, April 26, 2010

Balinese Quirks

Here a bunch of random stuff I liked, found hilarious or annoying in Bali:
- you could lick your plate clean and the waiter would still ask if you were finished before taking it away
- 'excuse me, you dropped something' I fell for this at least twice before I was able to ignore it (I hear this maybe 10 times a day)
- 'Same same, but different' the local vendors rational for why their product looks the same, but is twice the price of the exact same thing inthe next stall
- they try to sell you anything you have already purchased so if you have a sarrong clearly you need 6 more. 'One more?'

- By far my favourite: the silent taxi drivers who don't bother yelling 'transport, yes, yes' at you, but instead have a signthat reads "Need a taxi?" on one side and "Maybe tomorrow?" on the other.

And of course, crude or not it has to be mentionned again, "Up the bum, no babies". I had a great conversation with one vendor who was convinced I was lying when I said babies wasn't spelled babys (which is what his t-shirts said). Too funny.

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