Seth Mazow
Goodbye Indonesia
We were really sad to leave Indonesia. Initially, we just planned on logging some beach time on Lombok. But we were really pleasantly surprised by Bali, the Gili islands, Java, and even Jakarta.
The US media paints this picture of Indonesia as this hotbed of violent fundamentalist Islam. We never had any problems whatsoever, and the only people who mentioned terrorism were pissed off that it had scared off the tourists, and confused as to why folks still stayed away.
I feel like Bali has this reputation of being a different place than Indonesia. It sounds different to say that you're going to Bali rather than, say, central Indonesia.
Indonesians are some of the nicest people I've ever met. On our last night in Jakarta, a guy tried to sell me postcards a few hours after the first time he approached me. When I pointed out that he'd already tried to sell me stuff, he actually apologized!
Although sad to leave Indonesia (stupid visa requirements), we were happy to get to Singapore.
Goodbye Indonesia
We were really sad to leave Indonesia. Initially, we just planned on logging some beach time on Lombok. But we were really pleasantly surprised by Bali, the Gili islands, Java, and even Jakarta.
The US media paints this picture of Indonesia as this hotbed of violent fundamentalist Islam. We never had any problems whatsoever, and the only people who mentioned terrorism were pissed off that it had scared off the tourists, and confused as to why folks still stayed away.
I feel like Bali has this reputation of being a different place than Indonesia. It sounds different to say that you're going to Bali rather than, say, central Indonesia.
Indonesians are some of the nicest people I've ever met. On our last night in Jakarta, a guy tried to sell me postcards a few hours after the first time he approached me. When I pointed out that he'd already tried to sell me stuff, he actually apologized!
Although sad to leave Indonesia (stupid visa requirements), we were happy to get to Singapore.