In Reply to: ATT; Bali Lovers a question please posted by reiki on Friday, 23. December 2005 at 15:26 Bali Time:
1. Go to the beach.
2. Hire 2 beach chairs and an umbrella.
3. Apply sunscreen (SPF of beach umbrellas about 5)
4. Learn to buy fruit in B.I. from fruit seller.
5. Share your fruit with the silver seller and learn about jewellery, some body parts and prices.
6. Have a massage and learn the rest of the body parts. Yes even those.
7. Have a manicure and learn colours.
8. Buy noodles from the noodle vendor, learn food.
9. Buy a beer for yourself and some Teh for your new friends and learn some more.
days 2-14 repeat with small variations. Congratulations, you have passed "chit-chat". Cost - minimal. Fun - plenty. New friends - many.
Enroll for "advances chit-chat" next time you go.
Altenative venues - The taxi. The transport drivers rank. The hotel restaurant. The pool bar (comes highly recommended) The supermarket. The kerb by the Kaki-Lima.