Old Bro is 11 years old now. How many cats on this island live that long, especially ones born to die fast in arid squalor beside the Bypass Road on the way to Sanur, outside a nondescript cargo company warehouse? Not many people-or cats-live in entirely enclosed apartments in Bali, but this ginger glides between […]
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(UPDATED January 4, 2018: Please see the changes below for new requirements for getting an Indonesian Social visa aka Social Budaya in Bangkok: a Wage Freedom reader tells us that the Indonesian Embassy in Bangkok requires 90 days to elapse between Social visas. I just called Ismail Hamdan’s office–see below, including his phone number–and as of
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Do They Speak English in Indonesia? Is it necessary to know Indonesian–Bahasa Indonesia–when you’re living in Bali or elsewhere in Indonesia, or can you get by just speaking English in Indonesia? Should you know some bahasa before you even arrive in Bali or elsewhere in Indonesia? I get variations of the question below a lot
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You can’t elect the change, you have to make the change. The stakes–your stakes–are too high to wait and hope for some politician to make you great again. Well, that line of thinking isn’t for everyone. And I don’t say it in reference to a move to Bali. But recently I’ve had a spike in
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Moving to Asia–especially tropical Southeast Asia–has never looked more attractive, either as a year-round or part-time option. A confluence of favorable circumstances today means a comfortable, healthy and interesting lifestyle awaits just about anyone looking for a change. If the biographies of the hundreds of expats I’ve met in Bali in the last 11+ years
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When someone tells me they are quitting a job I congratulate them. I can’t help it. For almost everyone, the prospect of starving to death from striking out on our own poses far less danger than the effects of endless frustration and boredom we might feel when we’re employed. If that sounds flippant I promise
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