Brown Motion

"Terimakasi".  In Hindi, the Indian national language this Indonesian phrase phonetically sounds similar to 'Teri Maa Kaise Hai?" which literally means - how is your mom doing? But this is not really a polite inquiry about your parent.  Rather a soft spoken heartfelt 'thank you' in Bahasa - the native tongue of the Indonesians.  The airline's recorded announcement told us that we had arrived in Bali and thanked us for coming. So began our introduction to the sounds, culture, foods and weather of the island nation of Indonesia.  We flew in with a Taiwanese air carrier from San Francisco, via Taipei into the isle of Bali, one of hundreds that make up the archipelago of this Republic. Bali happens to be occupied by people of the Hindu faith while the rest of the islands are largely Muslim faith.  It is overall a fascinating place with its own set of idiosyncrasies, lifestyle and pace of life. We were smitten and amused by a variety of phrases and wo...