In Reply to: WARNING !!! Cheap but a cheat !!! posted by Thorsten on Wednesday, 17. November 2004 at 04:10 Bali Time:
That is definitely Made with his brother Wayan and friend Ketut. Don't they operate out of the Intercontinental hotel?
I bet you met his wife Nyoman too. He is a bit of a cowboy but basically a nice guy. We have had many a happy trip with him bouncing through the rice terraces holding on for dear life!! What a laugh we had when the police tried to pull him over. We hit the floor and he hit the throttle and through we went. We were a little nervous about what we thought were gunshots until Made explained that it was just those darn bird scarers going of in the padi fields.
He took us to Kintami one day. Don't know what people mean about aggressive hawkers there because with Made you will have no problems at all. They must be very good friends of his. We had the whole of Panorama restaurant to ourselves!!! The staff even packed up the whole buffet for him to take home. I expect he distributes it to the poor, darling man that he is!! Same story at the Mother Temple.
I'm sure, Thorston, that if you try him again and give him a fair go this time, instead of being so darned picky, you will make a new and lifetime friend.
Trust me, I'm a taxi driver.