Sunday morning with Tina and Ron in Seminyak Bali
Sunday morning here in Seminyak and I took Tina and Ron down to Cafe Moka on Jalan Seminyak for a breakfast (does it seem that all I do is eat?). Due to Bali’s late night party schedule a lot of people were still in bed and the place was half empty. That was cool because the smokers hadn’t got started and it was pleasant. I like this little place and for 11,000rp you can get a bread basket with butter / jam , coffee and a water. Today I got the ‘petit dejeuner’ which contained 2 breakfast cakes (I chose a chocolatine and a raisin cinnamon roll type thing, cafe latte & a carrot juice) for 17,000rp (about $2).
Ron and Tina got muesli and yoghurt and some other sort of cakes. Tina wants to open a cafe next to her restaurant on State St. in Santa Barbara and was taking pointers.
I’m now at Global Xtreme again and I can see Ron from here. He has this fancy camera with a 40 gig portable hardrive called a ‘tank’ which enables him to download photos on the road. It’s snazzy but I don’t know if it would suit my situation just yet. I will upgrade my 3 year old camera sometime but the high resolution pictures are slow to load so I’ll have to crunch them down for the web. My camera is a Sony Mavica which takes floppies. It’s kind of old technology but almost every computer has a floppy drive and that alone makes it easy for me to access.
Tina and Ron fly back to Thailand on Monday, then home to the US soon after. I’m going to interview them and get their opinions on travelling in this war climate. Stay tuned.
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What are the opportunities for buying tech stuff in Bali? Thinking principally of digital cameras, PCs, laptops, scanners etc. Is there a reasonable range at a reasonable prices or is such stuff best picked up elsewhere (Singapore etc)?
Elsewhere on Tech stuff. From what I saw, do not buy Tech stuff in Bali. Maybe someone else would disagree?
Meanwhile back at the ranch, prices have gone up at the Glenwood. Sean and Chris noticed the new menus first, and then the new prices inside. They’ve upped most items .50 - .75 cents. Sean can tell you the exact figures for the Sagehouse burrito, but my waffle went from 2.75 to 3.35, I think. And the Durango scramble I like went from 4.75 to 5.50. Something around there. We’ll still keep up with our Sunday ritual though. Good to hear you’re getting to spend time with lots of friends Nick.
Vincent, bear in mind that Indonesia works on a 220V system. Therefore, anything you buy, like comps etc, will be geared to that voltage. Returning to a country where the electricity system is 240V could result in a systems ‘blow-0ut’ of the unit you buy in Bali. It’s best to ask at the place you buy any tech stuff in Asia if the unit is compatible to a 240V system. Having said that, I tend to agree with Sean about buying tech stuff in Bali. Could be suss!.
Good to see the food prices are incredibly low and excellent value for money. The interviews with Ron and Tina will be interesting reading. I was reading in this morning’s tabloid that Thai tourism has increased by 3% and it seems most people are opting to travel to non-muslim countries.