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Life in Indonesia is different, is some ways easier. In Shanghai my friend's husband had a chauffeur. We spent a wonderful day going from one tourist site to another. Our destinations were not on major tours, or would have needed several days. We included a carpet factory where I bought a small carpet.
My other friend is living in Indonesia. Wages are low, so it is cheap to have a chauffeur, and cheaper than taking taxis.)
Over dinner in a hotel I asked him, "Do you have a chauffeur in Indonesia?"
He replied, "No, we sit on the floor."
I thought it was a witty pun. But he had misheard me.
When we sorted that out, he replied,
"Chauffeur. I thought you said sofa. No, I don't have a chauffeur. I did at the beginning. But I found it a nuisance."
"Why?"
"Drivers go off and park. Then you have to phone them and wait for them to turn up. They sometimes fall asleep and turn their phone off. Now I find it liberating to be able to drive myself and just go off instantly."
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
Life in Indonesia is different, is some ways easier. In Shanghai my friend's husband had a chauffeur. We spent a wonderful day going from one tourist site to another. Our destinations were not on major tours, or would have needed several days. We included a carpet factory where I bought a small carpet.
My other friend is living in Indonesia. Wages are low, so it is cheap to have a chauffeur, and cheaper than taking taxis.)
Over dinner in a hotel I asked him, "Do you have a chauffeur in Indonesia?"
He replied, "No, we sit on the floor."
I thought it was a witty pun. But he had misheard me.
When we sorted that out, he replied,
"Chauffeur. I thought you said sofa. No, I don't have a chauffeur. I did at the beginning. But I found it a nuisance."
"Why?"
"Drivers go off and park. Then you have to phone them and wait for them to turn up. They sometimes fall asleep and turn their phone off. Now I find it liberating to be able to drive myself and just go off instantly."
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
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