1) If you tell someone you're from America they will reply with "Ah, Barack Obama!". They love our president (more than we do) and will remind you that he learned everything he needed to know while in Indonesia.
2) If you American, you from New York City. At first it bothered me that the only city Indonesians know offhand is NYC, but then I realized an average American would be lucky to know a single Indonesian city outside of Jakarta.
3) There's some definite American envy going on here. Multiple people made comments about how big and strong America was compared to Indonesia. One guy even complimented how things are made smaller here because they're not big, strong Americans like me. Maybe he just wanted a tip, but it's a little uncomfortable.
4) Traffic is far worse here than anywhere in the US. One of the first questions I got was whether the traffic in Bali reminded me of home; it's not even close. This place is a driving nightmare 24 hours a day, even more reason to stay at your hotel.
5) The same $3 meal in a village will cost you $20 at your hotel. That $18 drink at your hotel costs about $6 at the bar across the street. I must say the W made it very hard to want to leave the compound, but the upcharge is outrageous. We didn't have a single dinner under a million rupiah. Yikes!
6) Monkeys are cute (if not vicious). Sorry to digress, but we had the chance to visit one of the popular monkey forests while in Ubud. And despite seeing one of these on "When Vacations Attack" I still went along and snapped a few shots for you all. Enjoy.
Don't worry, these are just statues.
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