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It's been a while since anyone on this board mentioned the new VOA. Recently I heard that the government changed the plan from 120 days to 90 days. And no word (of course!) when this is going to happen... Has anyone heard anything else?

Good idea Bert. I wonder who owns Bali TV. Has anyone ever seen environment-oriented ad campaigns on TV in Bali?

I live in Pererenan, which is a small village near Echo Beach just west of Canggu. Every Melasti ceremony, there are thousands of Hindus coming from various villages to gather at Pererenan Beach for the Melasti ceremonies. I go for walks on this beach regularly. I can't say that the beach is...

I live in Pererenan (between Tanah Lot and Kerobokan) and have been using Blueline for the past six months. I'm quite happy with it, very reliable. I only had about three outages during the half year, each lasting about half a day. I don't pay any flat fee, only for usage, which is as follows...

Roy wrote: Hmmmm? Do you mean you'd chose Lombok over Bali to live and settle down there (I don't think you would as your passion & love for Balinese culture & people is very obvious from many of your posts) or purely looking at Lombok from an investor's perspective (buying land)?

That makes perfect sense, Karen. Furthermore I also think that members would think more before posting & especially making claims etc. (if deleting is not allowed).

What a terrible story! I was all upset and angry when I was reading Bert’s post. Although I agree that a banjar solution is in most cases more effective than the local police handling it, in this particular case, it doesn’t look like the banjar did much at all. I read the book “Island of Bali”...

Udong? Shouldn't it be Udeng (headcloth for men)?

Tim wrote: Classic! I had to smile when I read that :) Been there before...

charlie, I had friends from Switzerland staying at this small hotel very close to the beach. They liked it a lot and is very affordable. U can get a much better deal than the published rate (depending on the season). My friends got it for Rp 300,000 per night (last month), so well below the...

Roy wrote: Roy, you crack me up. I had to laugh hard. Your humor is great. Without you this forum wouldn't be what it is now. Thanks!

dawnofjedi wrote: dawnofjedi, I'm not saying that the U.S. is stingy or that its foreign aid is not appreciated, but it's not important which country contributes the most amount of $, it's the countries who contribute the most per capita or in % of GDP. Below is part of an article I found...

Roy wrote: Once again, Roy hits the nail on the head. I lived in the States from 1990-2005 (HI,CA,FL,MI,MS). Thanks to the Republican's scare tactics the majority of Americans doesn't seem to understand the consequences of this war and re-elected this SOB as president. The whole world was in...

Thanks Roy for sharing your letter published in the Jakarta Post. I share each and every statement you made. Yes, let's hope that "common sense" will prevail this upcoming election.

drbruce, I repeat: "I just copied the title "Crackdown on Rogue Bali Police Officers" from the title of the article of "The Bali Times". I tried to look up a good definition of the word rogue. This is what I found: In general, a rogue is someone who strays from the accepted path, is...

Hey Mark, what is your problem? I can sense a lot of aggression in your posts towards me and poster "London". No, I still haven't got my license. My plan was to get an Indonesian License when I got to Bali as soon as I get my Business Visa, which I now have. But when I applied for one, I...

Actually the article mentioned that the hotline number is not only for expats and tourists, but also for Indonesians.

Roy, the BCA ATM I use is in Seminyak at Fabio's/F Lounge. It's one of the few BCA ATMs that I know of in the Seminyak/Kuta area (other than BCA Card Center) with a limit of 2.5 juta per withdrawl (usually only 1 juta). I just withdrew money from that ATM today and yes, the money comes first...

Sorry to hear that Petenjo, that's a real drag! The same thing happened to me the other day at a BCA ATM. I was in a hurry and after taking the money and receipt, I left without waiting for the machine to "spit out" the card (which takes another 5-10 seconds...). Fortunately there was nobody...

I heard that there are different requirements for expatriates to open up a bank account for each bank. Is there a bank that is more "expat-friendly" than others? I have a business visa (single entry), not KITAS. Is that enough to open up an account?