In the film, "Drifter" Rob Machado leaves the hustle of the mainstream professional surfer life behind and sets out on a soul searching journey around indonesia. Rob works to counter the pressures of the globalized world and seeks for a simpler lifestyle, one that is just him and his surfboard. Rob finds himself in the outskirts of an indonesian village by himself, no computer, cell phone, no way to communicate with the ones he loves. He ends up realizing that it is difficult, merely impossible to escape the global world that we live in. Rob in one of his critical moments in his little tent on the beach in indonesia, realizes that this is our world today and we are just enjoying the ride.
Globalization is a part of the world we live in today, even though Rob was trying to escape that world, he cannot. He is still feeling the effects of globalization, the board that he is riding is shaped in California, the bag he is carrying is from china, his clothes are from all over the world. Even the motorcycle that breaks down on the muddy trail in indonesia is from Japan, globalization is here, and it is hard to shake it.
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