It will be a while before we can all just go on vacation and visiting friends and family abroad. But we can still dream and hope to visit one or more of these countries someday. My own travel plans which I scheduled for October I simply canceled in order not to take any risk. This … Read more
It’s 2020, people haven’t been able to travel or go on vacation for a while now. It’s only a matter of when we can travel again, that’s when many first timers will visit Bali. It used to have hundreds of thousands of visitors each month, more than several millions a year. Every first-timer gasps in … Read more
I am writing this as the pandemic is soaring throughout the world. People are looking for business opportunities. A way to earn an income and get by. Especially in Bali, where tourism was the main source of income. Now expats and locals alike are looking into startups, business opportunities, making their own company and earn … Read more
First of all! Be safe and follow the local rules where you stay in Bali. Most of the tourist attractions have reopened. Read also the entry requirements for Bali and other parts of Indonesia. Now that we discussed this let’s check the perfect place for you. I am not going to take into account the … Read more
Indonesia has been exporting more furniture each year. The demand on a global scale for (hard) wood furniture is increasing. The country has a big availability in raw wood materials. They have 120.6 million hectares of forest and 12.8 million hectares of production forest. Besides having the raw materials, they also have skilled people. The … Read more
Having a website linking to another website helps in SEO. As the search engines crawl websites, they also crawl the links given in any article. I attended a conference in 2019 August in Bali where Gary Illyes, A Google Trends Analyst, was giving a talk. It started about buying backlinks as this was a popular … Read more
The tax law from Indonesia makes alcohol consumption pretty costly. Especially on a tourist island such as Bali where beers, cocktails and spirits are drank often. Because of the costs involved, locals in Bali (and Indonesia) reinvented Arak, a local distilled drink. The alcohol percentage varies in the drink between 30% – 60%. It depends … Read more
With social distancing and self-quarantine, some of us are eager to go outside and travel again. In a safe and cautious manner of course. But who will live up to the standard for safe travels? And which places can keep up with the coming changes that are required to be considered a safe place. I … Read more
It’s something of a trend that a lot of people are trying to become more sustainable. Doing this saves money by using less energy, buying more what we really need, and less what we don ‘t need. We can do the same with vegetables bought at the store or market by growing them further at … Read more
We call them mankind’s best friend, 4-legged companion, or just a dog. Whatever you call them I want to tell you about the Dogs of Bali because they deserve special attention and love! Currently, I own 2 Balinese dogs and both of them are rescue dogs from the street. Today 19th June 2020 I actually … Read more
