One of the house problems with the house I rented here just near Lovina, it doesn’t have an exact. Our neighbors also don’t have an exact address for their house. The problem is that I need to get something mailed to me. We were told that it is possible to register our house with the post office, but then I thought it might be just easier to get a post office box.

I only needed to show a copy of my passport to get the box and pay the fee – 30,000 rupiah for the key which I think is a deposit and 60,000 rupiah for one year rental (around in $6).

And now I have a very easy mailing address to remember!

When I first posted this picture on Facebook my auntie said how she could imagine sitting in one of those deck chairs alongside her husband. If you live in Bali, and I don’t mean just visiting for a short holiday, you can do it everyday! Imagine having your own maid for just $50 a month to do your cleaning, washing and cooking, happy in the knowledge you are providing someone with a job.

Since I started this website, I have had various emails from people asking how they can live in Bali. Jobs for foreigners are pretty scarce here, so you need to get a little creative to earn a living.

I decided to put together a guide to some of the potential opportunities for foreigners to make a living here in Bali.

The guide covers:

- my story and how I make a living
- visas
- jobs for expats in Bali
- starting a business
- doing freelance work
- and more!

I finally have the internet connected at my place in Lovina, Bali. Our first attempt was trying to get Speedy connected, where you need to have a telephone line. We had a technician come out who said there weren’t any free ports available, taken mostly by foreigners living in the area. It seems local people here are happy with just using mobile phones.

The next attempt was using a GPRS service. Unfortunately it was just too slow and unreliable to get any real work done.

I heard about the ISP Spicelink which is popular here and getting a connection involved setting up an antennae on the house to get access. I was getting sick of trying to get anything done in an internet cafe, so I was prepared to try anything.

About 5 or 6 workers came to our house today and installed the antenna and it now seems to be working fine. The technician first mentioned that he was going to fix the antenna to a neighbor’s coconut tree. I must have given him a strange look, as he tried to assure me that he would rent the coconut tree from our neighbor.