Turning fifty a few weeks ago ( I’ve been saying I’m fifty for the last 18 months to soften up the inevitable) coincided with going to Singapore to photograph a wedding. Ruth my sister-in-law who has travelled constantly over the years suggested I rendezvous with the Simone and Sadie in Bali on the way back to mark the five-o.
Bali had never been on my list, I imagined it in clichés. I’m glad I went; some things are wonderful, number one being the Balinese. Some things are very weird though such as the economic chasm that exists between locals and tourists that’s taken for granted … probably easier not to think about it.
Dignity, tolerance, hospitality, gentleness, smile, balinese people
(Sunday, 23 May 2010)