Notes on Bali

I've learned some things in my short time in Bali:

1. Smile. Even if the heckling nature of the hawking is wearing on your nerves, if the insincere salesmanship is becoming less and less of a novelty. Make it new, somehow. Laugh. Joke. Get some names. Have some fun with it.
2. Smile.
3. No hands on hips. No hands on heads.
4. Bring a cellphone. You're more likely to get through, and if you don't, it's easier to try again.
5. Get an International Driver's License. Drive a car. It;s a big island, with much more to see off the beaten track. If you crash, you crash, just like anywhere else.
6. Expect your red wine to come chilled and be pleasantly surprised when it arrives warm as a baby's burp.
7. All of that said, the hawkers here, man, oh I could go on and on ... but I won't.