Here is another side of tourism. Tulamben, Bali is well known as a dive site where we can see the Liberty wreck. It's so famous that there could be about 200 divers at the wreck at one time. This woman is part of the business. Locals must reduce the amount of fishing they do within the area to maintain the amount of fish entertaining the divers. In return for their livelihood, they carry oxygen tanks and BCDs for the visiting divers.

In several provinces of Indonesia, this public transportation actually has different names, but it is widely known as “angkot”, short from “angkutan kota”, which means ‘city/town transportation’. It’s called “pete-pete” (read: pay-tay pay-tay) in Makassar, “bemo” in Kupang, "mikrolet" for some routes in Jakarta, and "taksi" (which literally means 'taxi') in some places in Sumatera.

A public transportation service in Indonesia is usually marked by its yellow license plate. But, in Indonesia there are a few ‘alternatives’. One of my personal favorite public transports is the Ojeg, which sometimes are spelled Ojek. It’s not a specific device, it’s more to a system. An Ojeg is a private owned motorcycle taxi that can take you almost anywhere you want as long as the driver knows where you’re going and would like you take you there. Some say that its name is an abbreviation...

Tis the time to celebrate for all Moslems around the world. Today Moslems, including Vira, me and Tiva, celebrate the ending of the fasting month. It is a winning day for us after fasting for a whole month from food and overwhelming emotions and greed; a winning day to celebrate all the good that has been done and to be done in the future.

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