In Reply to: Kaki Lima posted by Tigress on Wednesday, 28. August 2013 at 15:24 Bali Time:
As far as i know there are 2 explanations for the name kaki Lima.
First one is: kaki lima means 5 feet (lima = 5 and kaki is feet) and these feet are the two feet of the salesman and the 3 wheels ("feet") of the cart.
Second explanation is kaki lima equals 5 foot, (the english definition of foot has a size of approx 30cm), so in total 5 foot would equal 1.50 meter, this is the default size for a side-walk. and that is the place where the food-carts sell their stuff.