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    Balinese, you have got to love them

    I or my wife recently started a business here in Bali. We created a new CV. For a CV you need to have an address first before you register a company. That's fine, so we rented a small shop. Paid upfront for two years. The company registration went fine and we opened the company. The next...
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    Expats in Indonesia

    Sound familiar? Not to me. It probably depends on the company you like to keep
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    It's not just bule that get cheated

    You hear so many stories of foreigners getting overcharged for things in Bali, but I heard a story this week about an Indonesian guy from Jakarta who was having problems with overcharging. I don't want to go into the whole story, but thought I would mention, that even locals from from other...
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    How much do you get involved?

    Reading Gilbert's post on converting to a spouse's religion to get married, got me thinking about how much expats here get involved with local Balinese customs and religion. People move to Bali for a number of different reasons, retirement, activities like surfing etc and it does seem like...
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    Rabies, how serious is this in real life on Bali?

    While I wouldn't cancel my trip because of the rabies outbreak, it is still a very serious health issue affecting Bali. While no foreigners have died yet, perhaps it will just be a matter of time before someone does and then it is surely going to have an affect on tourism. From what I have...