Meet the Tracy family living in Canggu, Bali
So who am I talking to? Profile: Angela, husband Tim, sons Clancy (10), Percy (9), Herbie (7) and daughter Kitty (3) Originally from: Geelong, Victoria, Australia Arrived in Bali: 12th January 2015 Home in Bali is: Canggu How long do you plan to stay? Another 18 months (end of 2018) because my
Meet the Cutler family living in Seminyak, Bali
So who am I talking to?  Profile: Danielle, husband Paul, sons Mitchell (10) and Jay (9) Originally from: Northern Beaches, Sydney, Australia Arrived in Bali: July 2016 Home in Bali is: Seminyak How long do you plan to stay: depends on my husband’s job but at this stage until the end
Jogja
Yogjarkata or Jogja as many people call it was a wonderful place we got to visit at the end of the January school holidays. We spent 4 days exploring this fascinating city that has many universities and it is the 2nd most popular tourist destination in
Meet the Maiden family living in the Umalas, Bali
So who am I talking to? Profile: Belinda, Husband Carl, son Alex (14) and Jessica (12) Originally from: Forrester’s Beach, NSW, Australia Arrived in Bali: December 2016 but spent 2 ½ years before in Balikpapan, Indonesia. Home in Bali is: Kerobokan How long do you plan to stay? Paid rent and school
Indonesian Independence Day
Article written by Liam Collins (age 9) Flag Raising Ceremony On Wednesday August 17th it was Indonesian Independence Day. However, my school AIS celebrated it the day before. On the soccer field, there was the flag raising ceremony and it was quiet, I mean extremely quiet. All the children (the
Ding, Ding, Ding – its Bakso time!
Article written by Demi Collins (age 7) Every afternoon I listen out for the noise of the 'ding, ding, ding' from our friend Adi the bakso man who taps a soup spoon on one of his bowls. That noise means he is in our gang (street) ready to
A chat with Demi living in the umalas
It has been 6 months since we arrived so I thought I would chat to the kids to get their take on living in Bali so far. Nice to see what Demi sees from her 7 year old eyes. What are the Balinese people like? They are kind and
A Letter to Ourselves for Arriving in Bali
A few months ago I started writing a letter to ourselves for when we arrived in Bali. This is what I came up with and we all read as a family when we arrived just under 3 weeks ago. Hi Collins Family This is the Collins family writing
What we’re NOT looking forward to in Bali
This is a continuation with the post about what we are most looking forward to next year. So below is a list of the things we are least looking forward to. We will review this brain dump 12 months later and see if any of the below
Food Glorious Bali Food- Updated
Well it looks like of all our posts the food ones are the most popular, so we decided to repost this one to the top of the list with some updated photos and restaurants. When we were researching a recent holiday to Bali we had not expected