According to legend he and Michelle went to Bali so he could complete writing without interrupion. Drugs aren’t exactly popular there and result in extremely stiff sentences. It is as if he was writing the fairytale with only one thought in mind, to advance himself and create a background, which doesn’t mesh with what we do know and are still finding out. He actually told David Mendell that anything Mendell wanted to know about him could be found by reading his book. If the book were published today it would have to be published as fiction!
Seems to me I read, maybe on one of the threads about Ayers likely being a ghost write - that 0bama went to Bali to “write” but didn’t get much writing done there. I wonder what he was doing there? Brushing up on his Bahasa? Connecting up with Muslim roots? Of course, on Bali they’re mostly a type of Hindu. I wonder if he really stayed in Bali the whole time? It was quite a long time. Maybe Bali was just a port of call. Sure would be interesting to know what he did during that time, and if he traveled anywhere besides Bali.