Billt4SF
Markit wroteI suggest that before you "bed-down" anywhere for a year you come and have a look at the options and let "Bali" do it's work on you. You probably won't leave and just send the wife an SMS "pack, come"...
That's the plan. See you 27 Oct.
Having said that, nothing beats info from the locals!
- Bill
Markit
Haha my cover is thoroughly blown!
Billt4SF
Hay Markit, how do you like living in Karangasem? We have found some damn nice villas there.
Markit
It's ok if you like radioactive waste dumps and mutated, rabid Great White Sharks swimming between piles of industrial effluent.
But some people are picky and want the AIDs infected head-hunters shot on sight.
Me? I believe in live and let live.
Come and see for yourself :O)
SHoggard
NB: Markit has a part time job as PR adviser to Karangasem Tourist Development Authority
davita
Re: post#15
If you plan to stay in Bali for a year the first thing to consider is what visa will you get to achieve that? The only current visa for a year is a Kitas....either Retirement or WNI spouse related. All others will require you to leave RI, and return, at some point during the year.
Billt4SF
OK another related question for you Bali-expats:
We're now thinking of dividing our Bali time six months in Ubud and six months in either Amed or Karangasem.
My question is: are there many more mossies during the rainy season than in the dry season? Since it rains less in Amed (?) does this provide a strong reason to stay in Ubud in the dry season (but so many tourists!) and Amed in the rainy season? We originally thought to be in Amed in the N. American "summer" because our guests would probably prefer a beach.
No need to try again to convince us to abandon plans to stay in Ubud half the time. We visited there, liked it, and we think we'll like it for a few months. If we were to move to Bali permanently, we might make a different decision.
Thanks,
Bill & Emily
sherm
Amed... Even in dry season mozzies get blown in by the wind. So if you stay in a windy area (around Bisalantang) then most will just wave while passing by, some will however find sheltered areas to come out and torment you. I know two people in the area that came down with Dengue in the last year so wear repellant (especially during the day) or accept getting snacked on. Welcome Tokay and gecko into your home and that helps a bit.
Billt4SF
davita wroteRe: post#15
If you plan to stay in Bali for a year the first thing to consider is what visa will you get to achieve that? The only current visa for a year is a Kitas....either Retirement or WNI spouse related. All others will require you to leave RI, and return, at some point during the year.
What do you recommend? We will not need to work in Indo. Going to SIN for a few days a couple times a year seems OK, even phun. That might be less of a pain in the arse than documenting a kinds of crap to get a retirement visa?
Looking for your recommendation.
All this ASSumes that I get my passport back from the Indo Embassy here in SF this week, so we can take our villa-hunting trip next week.
- Bill
Markit
Get a social visa through an agency (Bali IDE, Jani +62 (0)361 726 200- say "Hi" from Mark) and let them do the renewing up till your 6 months are up and then off for a shopping trip to SNG for either the same day return or a couple of shopping days (silly expensive! but the missus will love it) for the newest 6 months. Done and dusted 1 year.
davita
Re: Post #18
Wot Markit says...:eagerness:
Steve Rossell
Markit wroteGet a social visa through an agency (Bali IDE, Jani +62 (0)361 726 200- say "Hi" from Mark) and let them do the renewing up till your 6 months are up and then off for a shopping trip to SNG for either the same day return or a couple of shopping days (silly expensive! but the missus will love it) for the newest 6 months. Done and dusted 1 year.
Ditto.
davita
There is an excellent post in 'Living in Indonesia' today of someone's good experience of getting a Sosbud in Penang... a good alternative to Singapore if a short holiday to Malaysia and getting the visa to return is contemplated.
Billt4SF
Billt4SF wrote
My question is: are there many more mossies during the rainy season than in the dry season? Since it rains less in Amed (?) does this provide a strong reason to stay in Ubud in the dry season (but so many tourists!) and Amed in the rainy season? We originally thought to be in Amed in the N. American "summer" because our guests would probably prefer a beach.
I am still hoping some kind (?) soul will answer my question about mossies in Ubud vs. Amed. (We call them mosquitoes in America, but I guess antipodeans have a slightly different name. I was greatly confused a few years ago when someone announced "brekkies".)
THANKS for the info about getting a visa. I KNEW you guys would know, that's why I (didn't) ask. Until prompted.
I do recall the best advice I received here on this forum awhile back: "Don't shag the help". ha ha that is a great one, I am keeping that in mind (as if I have a chance).
- Bill
Markit
I lived in Ubud for 9 months from August to March so during the rainy season from November till February(ish - every year is a bit different and this being an El Ninjo year, who knows).
Growing up in the US I was used to mozzies and took them as part of the environment and reacted accordingly and was usually left alone.
Now I'm not sure if it was the onset of failing eyesight but I have yet to see (funny I can't hear them either) my first Ubud Mozzie - but [B]felt[/B], [I]lots of them[/I]. They are there all year round but mainly during the rainy season they can turn into a plague. They had a special kind of bite that would itch maddeningly for days/weeks with a weeping sore on the top that meant you couldn't scratch. In some cases this went on for weeks - I've since heard this is not everyone's experience. Normally
I'm not particularly attractive to the critters (or anything else, for that matter) but found those in Ubud to be "special".
On the upside there is no major worry with Dengue Fever.
SHoggard
@ Billt4SF
I think you are 'over-planning' this, the most often given advice I see here in the forums is:
[I]Get to Bali and make the decisions then[/I].
Makes sense - you might love Ubud, & you might find a great place and commute to the beach - it's not really very far.
You might loath the place - or want to move to Sanur, Kuta or wherever..... maybe you might hate Bali altogether!
Regardless of how often you've been to a place as a tourist - living there is always very different.
Enjoy
ronb
I don't think there is a strong association of mozzies with districts. I have stayed in one place in Ubud where there were many and it was annoying, and have since stayed two more places where there are few. Same in Lovina - one place with few and another place with many more. Mostly they don't move far, maybe 200 metres or so. How do you find out - just go to the place of interest with plenty of skin showing for sunset Bintangs and see what happens. :-)
Billt4SF
ronb wroteI don't think there is a strong association of mozzies with districts. I have stayed in one place in Ubud where there were many and it was annoying, and have since stayed two more places where there are few. Same in Lovina - one place with few and another place with many more. Mostly they don't move far, maybe 200 metres or so. How do you find out - just go to the place of interest with plenty of skin showing for sunset Bintangs and see what happens. :-)
Many more in the rainy season?
- Bill
mugwump
When is the rainy season?
no.idea
mugwump wroteWhen is the rainy season?
When it rains and just after.
The dry season is when it does not rain.
The dry season is similar to my sex life.
