Articles tagged ‘expat’
Life as a Bali expat
By Nick | August 14th, 2007 |
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Quitting your job, moving to Bali and starting a new life is a dream for many people. Being one of those lucky enough to have experienced it I think I can offer a few thoughts on how things go.
Recent thoughts on life in Bali
By Nick | July 16th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
On any typical day one can go through the complete range of emotions living in Bali. Everything from total peace and tranquility, to total frustration or bewilderment. Here are a few thoughts that crossed my mind recently.
Selling the farm and moving to Bali!
By Nick | September 2nd, 2006 | 6 Comments »
‘Bali is cheap, a plate of nasi goreng costs 8,000rp, a guest house room is 50,000rp and you can rent a scooter for a month, for 400,000rp. I’m selling the farm and moving to Bali!’
Walter Spies: Painter and Bali expat
By Nick | August 16th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
German artist Walter Spies was born September 15, 1895 in Moscow. From an early age he had an interest in the arts, including painting, dance and music. Attending university in Dresden, gave Spies the opportunity to interact with musicians and composers, such as Paul Hindemith and Arthur Schnabel, and artists such as Oskar Kokoschka and [...]
Seminyak.com: What’s on in my neighborhood
By Nick | August 3rd, 2006 | 2 Comments »
Seminyak.com is a Balinese owned and operated community website, that covers a lot of the tradtional and modern aspects of life in Seminyak.
Bali expats have million stories
By Nick | May 4th, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Every time I run into a long term expat, they seems to have some new story to tell me. This morning I ran into my neighbor, the one who had the bag of money stolen from his house. He’s pretty philosophical about it, promising never to leave large sums of money sitting around again.
Bali: Expat’s heaven & hell
By Nick | May 2nd, 2006 | 6 Comments »
Someone told me once that when you first come to Bali, you love everything about it. After a year or so you hate everything about it, then after a some time things balance out. Tonight I was chatting with a longterm expat who was telling me about stuff that happened to him. As usual, getting [...]
