The first days in Tabanan.
If you have been following my journey in the past few months you will have noticed that I am in Bali Indonesia. You may have also noticed that I have been putting quite a bit of effort into keeping things focused on the locals.
I feel this is important as it is considered a developing country. At the same time often, I need to wonder if it should be considered as such. From my point of view, it is almost as if we don’t need to make it any more westernized as it is.
Bali is…
Bali is not equal to the rest of Indonesia. Bali has to be the most western-influenced province of Indonesia. Many foreigners often do not know that Bali is not a country of its own. It most likely could be and it would most likely survive and thrive on its own.
Bali grows its own crops and has plenty of foreign currency coming in. It would most likely not have enough resources as far as raw materials to keep the building industry going. Not without destroying Bali itself.
I am in the Tabanan area this month. I have chosen this area because it is quite remote and I get to live in a village setting. I wanted to experience that. In Indonesian, it is referred to as a Kampung which means village.
Off to the village, I go and my first two days have been amazing. The sights and places I have seen have impressed me even though I have been coming here since 1998.
The lush vegetation, the large gorges, and the rocky rivers are a thrill for the senses. They make you question life and admire such beauty that pictures and videos do not give nature enough credit.
Meeting more people.
This has also been part of my journey. To meet more and more locals. Such as the man who has 50 hives of bees and lived here in the village all his life.
The Balinese way is as such. The eldest child, especially the son must stay with the land and house he inherited. He cannot sell the main house, it must remain in the family.
Now check this out and see how this all makes sense. The house and the land have been paid off generations ago in most cases. The family that I am talking about has a few hectares of land that is worked. There are so many fruits and vegetables here that I have been eating bananas for two days and I still have some left. Life is different here. People live life and do not chase positions on a business level. They live a simple life and yet we call them a third-world society.
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