In Reply to: Rp50000 per day is not uncommon posted by TnT on Wednesday, 20. June 2012 at 07:56 Bali Time:
would be delighted to make Rp50.000 per day.
In the village where I often eat it is not possible to spend more than one dollar on a bought evening meal of nasi goreng, chicken, vegies and a sweet pancake. All is relative and prices paid in even the cheapest places in tourist areas have no relevance to real Balinese cost of living.
Another thought is to have a look at the huge number of motor bikes outside any high school - even intermediate school - and wonder how many Western kids could afford to have their own transport.