Getting Around Bali - Post #2

Intersection Traffic. 

Off to work

Baby no helmut.

Mom is protected!

Kid double decker sandwich

She won't be too cute if mom crashes

BALLOONS!  Check out Spongebob.

Door to door mat delivery! 

Women carry the heavy loads.  What balance.

Pizza Hut and a truck of men.

The only way to know where you are going.  No addresses. 

Bali is filled with unique traffic.  Motorcycles are the best way to get around cause the traffic is so bad that a car takes forever.  The rules of the road are confusing and the amount of people coming from all directions makes travelling in Bali quite scary.  The motorbikes move like swarms of fish, they just know how to travel in crowded groups.  There are strange and funny things I saw while driving around.  First, children don't wear helmuts.  The parents do, but they carry their babies and it is sooooo scary.  The people are always so happy and smiling.  Everything is carried on the motorbike.  Donuts, chickens, door mats, balloons are delivered or sole door to door (or car to car) via bike.  Women carry the heavy stuff and there are lots of women carry engines.  Don't know why.  They also carry baskets of bricks and stones and deliver fish on their heads.  The villas don't have addresses.  Just the name of the village and there are intersections with villa signs on them.  One just follows the signs to the next interesecton.  If one of your villa signs falls down, then your guests won't be able to find you.   Next post is about "Offerings"  Enjoy. 

Bali Part 1 -Rice Fields

I am staying at my friends Callais Harrision's home in Bali with my mom.  Callais and I went to school together in Caulfeild, West Vancouver and we are both just finished 5th grade.   Her family moved to Bali last year.  Mom and Callais Mom, Kimberly, are good friends and we can visit and stay with them at their Villa Kavaya in Canguu.  Near Echo Beach.  The first thing I was very interested in is the rice fields.  We took a bike ride through them and mom loves riding a moped through them every morning to go to the beach or yoga class.  Some people are very protective of their rice from the birds, hence the picture of the the rice field with all the ribbons and scarecrows.  That rice farmer acts like those dads in Vancouver that treat their front lawns like golf courses!  Rice farming is very hard work and needs to be done by hand and in mud. Workers don't make much money and women carry all rocks and mud in baskets on their heads.    I think rice fields are very beautiful, especially when cascading down a hill or in the sunset.  I like the green rice fields contrast with the white lime roads surrounding.   Enjoy the pictures.