In Reply to: sounds about right posted by beenthere on Thursday, 6. October 2005 at 09:07 Bali Time:
as bad as it seems to the driver , it is really not so bad relative to the last time.
it if does not go down much further it wont be as bad as 2002 .
from the talk with my mates who manage or assist in businesses there
trafic flow is down about 65% but buying is only down about 50%.
i guess thats because those that are going there have more of a purpose
than just walk the street.
Another possibility is the customers are those that we here before it happened and have not left yet. hope that is not the case.
and of course bad situations are relative, everyone was getting use to busy times again, it was already above pre 2002 .
the other point about the bomb going off to disguise rising complaints of petrol - diesel -kerosene i a subject that deserves its own posting . I don't believe it was because of that and have some ideas why it is not .