Cowboys in Paradise

After marriage, I had lived in Bali for a while. We often visit the Kuta Beach on the weekend, when my husband is not working. Walk on sidewalk along the Kuta Square at night, makes me think "was Europe like this?". Kuta Square's sidewalk with paving block different from most malls in Indonesia. Clean, orderly, and his unique because I met a lot of foreigner people. Contrast, the scenery on the other side, ritual offering is often be seem on almost every yard of the store. Unique and exotic. Alloys between modernization and culture are inseparable.

Sitting on the beach watching the sunset, is a very impressive. Some young men with dark skin, snaking dancing on the water. Stand on the surfboard that slid on the surface of the sea. Nimble. It seems to have been experienced. Even a big wave incapable of dropping from a surfboard.

My husband said that one of them is surf instructur. Beside teaching they also rent out surf boards. Other friends offers several tour packages for a full day in Bali to tourists. Beach Boys, epithet for those who looking for and living around the coast.

Tourists sunbathing on the beach was as if undisturbed this beach boys. They just do not ever make a behavior striking that is not fun. Even they looks cute and polite. When communication occurs with the tourists, seems to understand how to behave in serving tourists who come to Bali.

Body may be athletic, looks macho but look! they are warm, open minded and try to create a sense of security for tourists during his visit in Bali. The youth and almost all tourism actors in Kuta, warm towards tourists. Also because the feeling of security caused the foreign tourists do not feel afraid to sit alone at Kuta beach until late at night. Also, take a walk alone at night because there was no crime.

For this reason it is not seldom seen a young man walking with a tourist woman's. How can we be accused of all sorts of issues, while we did not know their relationship is uncertain. Boyfriend, friend, lover, or husband and wife? No one cares. No one wants to know.It's ordinary, nothing special Until one day, all eyes are on the beach boys sustenance at Kuta beach. Lately, they must often face the raid officers. Not a joke without reason. Occurred after DMZ documentary film festival (South Korea). "Cowboys in Paradise" which then spread like a virus through social networking and all forms of virtual world faces.

The Cowboy in "Cowboys in Paradise" is real (in this case is not a justification that all beach man are gigolo "). How could we just realized today, while a citizen of Singapore has been and interested even acknowledge this problem of humanism, that seemed to only focus on the negative impression. During this becomes commonplace phenomenon. Being odd because Amit Virani lifted into a movie and on international festivals as well. So, public opinion to be developed because of the problem.

But two things that need to be observed with a growing opinion:
1. All of which are identical with: long-haired, wearing black eye glasses is not gigolo. Although it is undeniable that a gigolo was there!
2. Become careless if the issue of existence of "gigolo" tarnished Kuta name from the list of world tourist destinations.

Can not we think that is it naive. Raze "sin" all the people just because of the similarity in appearance. The issue will be correct only when the bomb detonated those irresponsible in Kuta. I think both are absolutely not a proper comparison. Cowboy and the Bali bombing is a different image. Compare also with Thailand. It's an open secret that Thailand is famous for sex tourism which openly acknowledged. But knowledge of it is will not necessarily affect our interests to remain in droves to go to Thailand to see the coast of Thailand is fascinating. Sex and the tourist destinations of the world seems two things are related. I do not know how to outsmart the major tourist destinations without the smell of sex.

"Gigolo" is no excuse. Also does not interfere with the visit of tourists. And I think no anyone ever even heard of complaints from tourists who are troubled by this matter. Presence or absence of a gigolo will not deter tourists go to Kuta which amazing.

Raided the gigolo to Kuta beach never success. If there one of them right there and found him, just will stop to short time. Thereafter only need of time and place. If there is no overt appearance on the beach, on the occasion, another time and place they will always exist in a different mask.