Prescient pissup

It’s difficult in Bandung to choose beers. Many bartenders don’t drink alcohol on religious grounds. That meant tricky decisions, because the Javanese are smiley, agreeable people… and when asked if any of the beers on offer was good, they would invariably say yes with a smile. To every single beer.

Pointing to one called ‘Storm Beer’, I ordered “Saya pesan dua bir” It was pretty good, but when we left the hotel, it seems our choice had prompted a storm - a phenomenal rainstorm… it was monsoon season! Exciting!

Back in Djakarta though, our hotel only seemed to serve tasteless rainwater!