Families moving to Bali for a year or more
It is great to connect with other families like us who are doing lots of planning for their move to Bali! We love getting emails from families around the world who have discovered our blog and appreciate all the effort that we have put in to our
Our Bali in numbers as an expat Australian family
Having fun summing up Bali in numbers over the last two years
100 things I have learnt while living in Bali
There are so many things you can learn when living as an expat in any country but living in Bali gives you a spiritual feeling, something more than meets the eye. Bali is known as the island of the gods and on reflection we have all absorbed
Meet the Gacek family homeschooling in Bali
So who am I talking to? Profile: Jeneen, husband Hariyono and two children Java (13) and Khiana (10) Originally from: Edmonton, Canada Arrived in Bali: Originally I came here middle of August 2001 for a four-week holiday with my best girlfriend, which was extended by two weeks because
Kidspot publishes our Bali adventure!
Just got our first article published! I speak to journalist Leah Goulis about why we moved to Bali from Sydney. It was a great exercise trying to explain our decision making and experiences thus far. I am sure this will convince other families to consider some time
Meet the Grant family retired and living in Canggu, Bali
So who am I talking to? Profile: Sue, husband Gil, gorgeous groodles Sophie and Lua Originally from: Perth, Western Australia Arrived in Bali: February 2013 Home in Bali is: Canggu How long do you plan to stay? It is open-ended because we are on a retirement kitas visa. We still love it here
A day of war dances in Tenganan Pegringsingan, Bali
Yesterday we took the day off school and drove 68km to the East of Bali for a unique annual cultural event in a village called Tenganan Pegringsingan (about 5 minutes from the sleepy beach side town of Candi Dasa). Apparently this village before the 1970s was
Meet the Usami family living in Kerobokan, Bali
So who am I talking to? Profile: Mariko and daughter Nana (14) and son Asahi (9) Originally from: Nagoya, Japan Arrived in Bali: January 2015 Home in Bali is: Kerobokan How long do you plan to stay: Indefinitely. However, it will later depend on where my daughter wants to go to
Meet the Brown family living in Seminyak, Bali
So who am I talking to? Profile: Emma, husband Mitch and daughters Quinn (6) and Pippa (4) Originally from: Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia Arrived in Bali: August 2012 Home in Bali is: Seminyak How long do you plan to stay? When we first came to Bali we said we would stay five years