{"product_id":"bali-raw","title":"Bali Raw","description":"\u003cul class=\"tabs\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003eDescription\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"tabs-content\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"active\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eConsidered one of the world's most popular holiday destinations, the tropical island of Bali in Indonesia has long been the site for Western fantasies about paradise. Millions of tourists visit the Island of the Gods every year, from families treating the kids to a beach holiday to single men looking for cheap booze and sex. And for many young Westerners and Singaporeans, hardcore partying in Bali has become a rite of passage, but it is not without pitfalls.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBali is a rough place, as dangerous a place as you will ever encounter. What you don't see in the glossy brochures is the rampant prostitution, the prevalence of AIDS, the bloody turf wars waged between local gangs and the drug- and alcohol-induced Western hooliganism. Tourists are robbed, raped and murdered and Westerners get into vicious fights amongst themselves and with Indonesians on a regular basis. In this extraordinary expos̩, Australian author and Bali resident Malcolm Scott reveals the raw underbelly of Bali. He walks readers down Bali's mean streets with honesty, humour and gritty realism and offers up a Bali choking with violent street fights, cheap sex and aggressive crime.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBali Raw is a must-read for anyone who has visited, or is thinking of travelling to, Indonesia's Island of the Gods.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAustralian \u003cstrong\u003eMalcolm Scott\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up in a rough district of Perth in a family of three boys. When the brothers weren’t fighting each other they were fighting everybody else. Scott moved to Bali to join his brothers’ property development business and has lived there for a decade. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"position: absolute; left: 498px; top: 293px;\" id=\"gtx-trans\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"gtx-trans-icon\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Pansing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32123088994417,"sku":"9789814358712","price":18.5,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/0041\/products\/Bali_Raw_An_Expose_of_the_Underbelly_of_Bali_Indonesia_by_Malcolm_Scott_00.jpg?v=1602757861","url":"https:\/\/epigrambookshop.xyz\/products\/bali-raw","provider":"Epigram","version":"1.0","type":"link"}