Home break-ins and muggings are common in Bali and reported on a daily basis in Facebook groups like Bali Crime Reports. People debate whether to contact the police or village if they get robbed and wonder who is behind these crimes. I or I should say my wife, was involved in a case here recently, […]
This question seems to come up often on forums, so I thought I would do a post on it. Can you get the Australian pension in Bali, and if so can I get the full amount? Please use this article as a general guide. The rules change often so it is best to check with […]
Over the past week or so there have been several reports in the Australian media that there has been an outbreak of the zika virus in Bali, warning tourists to ‘rethink’ their travel to Bali. From the Australian government’s smart traveler website: “Indonesia is experiencing sporadic transmission of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.” The Bali Hotel […]
Bali has seen a healthy growth in tourism numbers ever since the bombings in 2002 and 2005. Some say too much growth, with an over supply of hotels and sagging infrastructure that hasn’t been able to keep up. While government officials expect the growth to continue, I expect there will be a tipping at some […]
If you follow Bali related news as I do, you will notice there is an overwhelming amount of negative press about Bali and the whole of Indonesia: corruption, crime, weird new laws, natural disasters and foreigners winding up in all sorts of trouble. It is not surprising that some people will wonder why would anyone […]
If you want to live in Bali, often starting a business is the only way to support yourself, as jobs for foreigners are few and far between. Most foreigners new to Bali only seem to start hospitality type businesses such as restaurants, hotels and bars. And yes, I know I am guilty of this myself! […]
Pick up any magazine or newspaper in Bali and you will see advertisements for condotel sales. Visit a shopping center and you will see models of future developments, complete with attractive sales assistants ready to hand you a brochure. The ads and promotions look great and usually feature beachfront properties, pools and offer a range […]
An article popped up in my news feed titled “Visa concerns for Australians living in Bali provide an unwanted reality check“. The headline obviously caught my attention. The article was talking about an internal immigration memo put out by the head of immigration in Bali, which I wrote about here on October 24. At the […]
Just when I thought Indonesia’s new laws for employing foreigners was going to kill off all foreign investment into the country, the government has back pedaled (at least a little) on tough new regulations they implemented four months ago. One of the new regulations was that a company had to hire 10 Indonesian employees for […]
An internal immigration letter has been going around Facebook discussing a crack down on foreigners using back to back tourist visas to stay in Bali. The concern is that foreigners using tourist visas constantly, are possibly working illegally in Bali. There has been some discussion that they will limit people to just two tourist visas […]
