No doubt the pun is intended when Malcolm Scott calls himself a "full-blown Bali expat" because much of revolves around vice on the holiday isle. An Australian who moved there to work in a development company, he has mostly bad things to say about his new home, which will make you wonder why he chooses to remain there. Few will be surprised by his revelations of prostitution, rip-offs, brawls and drugs, but most visitors will not be aware of the turf wars that contribute to Bali being "as dangerous a place as you will ever encounter": animosity among different villagers, among Indonesian ethnic groups, and between Indonesians and Westerners. He also explains that most security jobs are filled by Balinese, while most prostitutes are Javanese. They, like other non-Balinese workers, must carry identification cards, which are deposited at guard posts when the women visit clients; to get them back they have to relinquish part of their earnings. Scott may paint an ugly picture of Bali, but in doing so he tars himself with the same brush.
