I got news from the river lodge in Borneo that the 16 new air-conditioned rooms with hot water were officially opened yesterday. Another example of Chinese entrepreneurs seeing nothing but $ signs with no regard for the further-reaching impact of their acts.
The new rooms have been built specifically to attract rich Japanese and coach tour tourists. The whole beauty of the lodge was its laid-back atmosphere with a primary target group of backpackers. I imagine that's all going to tighten up and commercialise a lot more now. It's a huge change for a place that is very dear to me, and I can only hope that it'll turn out to be a positive change - even if only for the guys who work there.
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