losmen

A guest house or small hotel in Indonesia is called a losmen, and we went to wait in the main one in the town for Mr Condo to turn up.

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We didn't check in because we were meant to be setting off for Komodo directly that afternoon, and anyway the losmen was practically empty so there didn't seem to be any urgency.

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By the time we finally twigged, as the afternoon wore on with no Mr Condo, that we were not going to be getting to Komodo that day after all, the losmen had filled up nicely and there was a sudden panic about getting ourselves somewhere to sleep.

Last Chance to See Adams, Douglas, 1952- 1990

Some of the walls of the Bali losmen were very thin bamboo which meant that most movement and conversation could be overheard.

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Everyone in Bali has a relative who can help out and it turned out that the taxi driver was related to a losmen owner who would let us stay over night and pay when we could get to the bank the next day, Saturday.

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We still had enough left over to buy small souveniers from the numerous beautiful kids who waited outside the losmen gate.

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Truth be known in entrepreneurial Bali, the taxi driver probably owned the losmen and was there just collecting the rent.

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Each dollar would buy us a modest double room at the losmen with breakfast of sweet black tea and small bananas and our clothes washed.

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Back at the losmen popular Balinese opinion decided I was to be put on a diet of bananas and black tea to help me recover quickly.

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Just sitting in relative tranquility on the losmen verandah and looking into the courtyard one could see brick walls embossed with cement Ramayana figures and a small corner garden with large bonsai shaped fig trees.

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