Dana TourGuide

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Dana - The Tour Guide left his village at the age of nine and on the streets of Jalan Diponegoro, the main street Denpasar found alone and homeless, that's history Dana.

Dana rely on the good heartedness of others and only one meal for some time on the day kicked until his entrepreneurial skills in and he began to flower to survive for sale. About a year later, he secured a job at a construction site to earn Rp.45,000 per month. Survey of Street Scenes from above on a scaffold showed him another side of life. Dana could see a world of tourists and visitors from other countries and as tourism boomed around him, as was his curiosity.

The realization that he needed to learn English and to speak when he should proceed, he has a written international English College. Tuition fees were Rp.30,000 a month and living on only a Rp.15,000 month turned out to be very challenging. He knew that at that time, the victim would be worth, and seven months later he concluded.

Dana secured then to learn a job as an office boy in a travel agency, where he worked for five years more on tourism and what was needed to be a tour guide. This led him to start his own business at age 17 and to be an entrepreneur with the support of some financial support from friends, he was now his own boss and on his way.

The year 05 was a pivotal one for Dana when he had a chance meeting with a businessman from Australia, the courses was carried out in one of the five star hotels in Ubud. Rex from Australia turned out to be a major influence in Dana life, and his advice was "to keep planting the garden and would come the butterflies". This year, he met the love of his life and married.

Shortly after this time, he has a tour company began, and in 07 joined to another chance meeting with some travel agencies from Australia, the Dana took into her world and helped him with a few well-connected people in the industry purchase. Dana now has five vans and a very busy and successful companies, so the butterflies have truly arrived.

From Dana experience and a very difficult life on the streets of Bali to survive, he has learned many things, however, he will never forget the kindness that he can get from many people on the road and want to go back now to give, provides training and education for young children through its "Chicken Little" English teaching program in his local village. It also supports an orphanage in Tabanan and has to help a provision other Balinese to start their gardens and to gain more in their world.

The amazing thing about this man is his attitude and his wonderful sense of humor. He is an example of how tourism promotes the positive aspects of progress and growth in Bali.

Dana always looking for English teaching volunteers to help with its Chicken Little school, a home-based village school on Sunday morning. Please contact him if you want to help, and if someone needs a reliable, happy guide, Dana can is on 0813387047 or dana@takeiteasybali.com

David a Bali can be contacted expat residents and organizes photography tours throughout Indonesia, specializing in Bali. www.davidmetcalfphotography.com

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