Trip to Sumbawa

After the sun sets on the boat, Jules and Sean agree to a game of Shithead with this Ginger german (whose name they never catch).
Ginger has a torch which turns into a light and they gather round it, sitting on the floor as he deals the cards. Sean and Ginger play with the automatic air of people who've played this too many times to have to consider what their next move is. Jules, by contrast, is needing to concentrate and so is not able to participate in the conversation as much.

Sean: So is there 3 months worth of stuff to see in Indonesia?

Ginger: Oh shit, there's 3 years worth of stuff. I mean from one end of Indonesia to the other is the same as from Ireland to Iran. This place is huge.

Sean: And yet everyone thinks it's an island somewhere near Bali

Ginger: But Bali, yeah that's the best. I'm going back there now.

Sean: To do what?

Ginger (leaning over conspiratorially): Well, I'm going to see a man.

Sean: An Indonesian?

Ginger: No, he's British. Scottish.

Jules: Where did you meet him?

Ginger: I've never met him.

Jules and Sean look confused.

Ginger: But I've heard of him. Yeah, sure, he is famous. No, there is another word. Unfamous?

Jules: Infamous.

Ginger: Yeah, right. Infamous. This Scottish guy, he went searching for the poorest village in Indonesia.

Sean: There's a competition you don't want to win.

Ginger: No, but you do. Because the winner- he goes up to them and says 'I will stop you being poor but, but you have to do what I say. And he finds this village at the top of the mountain in Bali, which is a rich island, but they are the poorest people in Indonesia. So he goes to them and they say yes. So he is like a king there. But a good king. They have a school and sanitation and better agriculture.

Jules: He's a benign dictator.

Ginger: Dictator? No. He's very good for the village.

Jules: No, that's what I'm saying. He's benign- he's a kind dictator.

Ginger: Exactly so. But I think he is a crazy man, you know. So I am going to visit the village and see for myself.

Sean: Do they allow visitors?

Ginger: Yeah, I think so. The guys who told me about it, they had visited. I think you have to make a donation- for the school. I don't know how much I can give though you know? I'm very poor right now.

Sean looks at Jules and tries to hide a smirk. Jules is biting her lip and looks at Sean. Ginger picks up a lot of cards.

Ginger: Oh, I think I am going to be the shithead.

Sean: So where is it on Bali?

Ginger: I don't know exactly. Apparently if you go to Ubud you can find people who can take you there. It is at the top of the mountain where the land is very bad for growing. And you know before he came along no one in the village could do arithmetic. So they would go to market and all the people would steal from them because they did not know how much it should be.