Hair raising morning in Seminyak Bali

Lovely sunny day here in Seminyak Bali. Great to be alive, lucky to be here. I had 2 things happen to me this morning which stood out, getting a haircut and losing my debit card.

The haircut was at one of those little salon places on Jl. Benesari, jast past the old Good Luck restaurant. Sometimes I pull up ask ask if they can do a haircut (like their adverstising board says) and they say “No, hairdresser not come yet.” That happened at the first place, so about 10 meters away I popped into place #2 and she started snipping.

Most Bali haircut place have 1 person who can actually cut hair, and 4-5 other hangers-on, who fold towels, mop the floor and give head massages. My haircut took maybe 25 minutes including getting it washed with a little massage at the end. Price, 20,000rp.

My hair is quite thick in places and after using the electric shears she got into it with the thinning shears, “Sama anging” (like a dog, I said. Right after paying my 20,000rp I realized my debit card wasn’t where it was supposed to be. It occured to me I may of left it in an ATM machine, so after investigating the placed I had been, I cancelled the card and asked for a new one.

One of life’s little inconveniences, but when you live in Bali its a series of small mishaps, that you have to get used to.