How much I spend working from Bali 

I thought Bali by then were already flooded by my countrymen the Australians!

@@Thinkofwhat yeah back in 2000's and before the bombing incidents, many of tourist mostly from Australia. But nowadays, the tourist are diverse. American, European, and Russian are dominating the numbers. I like the Australian, because they are adventurous tourist that enjoy beaches, surfing, and partying. They are wild and realist. They come to Bali merely just for vacation/holiday. Importantly, At least they are not hippies.

@@darthpapa696 according the data before covid...Chinese toppled Aussie ,next India, Japan, Korea... In the future more Asian countries like Taiwan,Malaysia,Philipines,Thailand n Vietnam also outnumber tourist from 'White' countries...

@@whysanjay3074 sorry forget to mention. I mean the expat (foreign workers), not the tourist. These nomad digital aren't tourist, they identified as expats.

Agreed. Too many fucking Germans, Russians and Australians.

Tbh, I've been to Bali, Yogyakarta, Malang, Bandung, Kudus, etc. and it's all the same in Indonesia, the people are so friendly

Today I learned. I never heard of such a visa.

@@Homer-OJ-Simpson it is categorized into socio-cultural, it's called B211 social budaya Visa. The validity is 60 days and you can extend it for 2x at max. But, if you are entering Indonesia with VOA, you are not eligible to apply this visa.

This comment need to be pinned, so everyone knows there still rules here

That's very informative comment, bunch of Russians doing exactly like that in Bali by exploiting and cheat the tourist visa to work illegally there.

technically you still can using tourist visa or voa, there's no law about tourist who reply their bosses emails during vacation or managing their overseas business while doing vacation, the difference is the period of stay and extendability of the visa. the strict law is applied for foreigners who make money in indonesia as individual ( e.g photographer or yoga instructor) or working "undertable" for indonesian company (even foreign owned like PT PMA) and even if the foreigners get those working permitt or visa, they can only work at that specific job with that specific company who sponsor it. the law is made to protect local citizens from losing their business or jobs from the foreigners.

Yeah, I don’t think they meant to use the coffee example literally but just to point out that Vietnam is much cheaper overall.

@@Homer-OJ-Simpson I understand, but again VN is not cheaper. It used to be, not anymore. I live in HCMC and have for 4 years, and last Christmas we had to go to Bali on vacation because frankly we couldn't afford a domestic holiday in VN. I also went to Bali before the pandemic and naturally compared pre & post pandemic with VN. Par to par with where I live, some areas of Bali are more economical in accomodation, food (especially if international or foreign food), transport and even tourist attractions/tours. And service is 100x times better in Bali. As someone who visits occasionally, as opposed to a digital nomad living there my only hope is that people keep respecting its culture and don't bring nasty behaviours or habits as it happened in other places, like in south America for example with countries like Ecuador which used to be rock bottom cheap living and now it's more expensive than California.

@@MJBsays VN is cheaper than most of the options discussed. Cheaper than Bali. Cheaper than Thailand. Cheaper than Mexico. But it is increasing in costs so there will be a new lower cost viable option for digital nomads and expats soon.

The crazy part that people keep talking Bali to compare with whole country in neighborhood like Vietnam and Thailand. While Bali is just one small island among 17,000 islands in Indonesia if they want even cheaper they could go to some city in neighbor island like Java or Lombok even beyond in many other non touristic and untouched place by westerner in Indonesia.

@@houseoftyrell1544 I compared to where I live, Ho Chi Minh City, and can compare to places like Da Nang, Hoi An, Phu Quoc etc. not the whole of VN. Bali can indeed be compared to tourist destinations in VN since that's where tourists go. And when I compare par by par for me Bali wins. It's not secret that VN's ministry of tourism is targeting wealthy tourism. Ask anyone who lives here. They have been building exclusively 5* resorts all over the country for the past 5 years. VN is not interested in independent travellers and digital nomads.

But at the same time, people pay foreigner prices as well. Museum tickets etc could be 10 times as much as what locals pay. The rent as well. This has adverse effects like increasing the local rent rate but at the same time, it's technically a system made to loot the nomads.

@@sam-vh2vm stop playing the victim you ignorant slut, you have priviliges the locals dont have because of your currency, it is so annoying

@@sam-vh2vm No such thing as a foreigner price here. Foreigners pay as much as the locals in every established business. Locals ripping off and scamming easy foreigners is a different issue.

Yes! Both have consequences

Jealous much?

@@MatrixDeception722 What does this have to do with jealousy? Resentment yes. But jealousy? No.

stay mad

@@MatrixDeception722 people seething cuz they can't have it

What countries you found best for living digital nomad? Maybe cheaper than Bali and a bit off the beaten path?

Man me too. Let's reunite at Body Factory soon!!

Wages aren’t stagnant. They’ve been growing for a long time. Housing costs in the popular US cities have indeed been rising for years. Housing costs overall not as much of a rise - people just seem to flood to maybe the 10 or so best cities in the US while the rest are normal as always

​@@Homer-OJ-Simpson Wages in the US have been left in the dust by gdp, productivity, inflation and a whole host of other metrics ever since 1971. We left the gold standard and fractional reserve banking took its place. When the supply and interest rate of money is manipulated at will the lower class farthest away from the money printer suffer. This is especially true during 2020 when nearly half of all dollars ever created was minted and interest rates were suppressed and the largest wealth transfer to the upper class from the lower in history was recorded. Fake money wasn't the only problem that began in the 70s. Women started taking birth control and they started working. The supply of workers nearly doubled so relative compensation shrank. Birth control also means fewer Americans began having families. We've been below replacement levels since and our population has only grown due to importing immigrants but recently even that isn't working. Soon the economy will suffer as the smaller working age population struggles to support the elderly boomers. Small towns are also dying because the agriculture industry is becoming more and more productive. There are no jobs anymore in rural places anymore therefore everyone flocks to the cities and if you're going to a city you might as well go to a city where the weather is decent and there are plenty of jobs so the densest 25 or so metros in the US grow and grow.

@@tann_man leaving the gold standard is how the US and much of the world saw it’s biggest growth. What are you going on about? The IS mostly stopped using the good standard in 1933. What they did in 1971 was just remove the last bits of gold standard left.

@@Homer-OJ-Simpson based on what data did leaving the gold standard cause US and the world to grow? Based on all the data I've seen bad money fundamentals somewhat retarded the spectacular economic growth generated by the adoption of freedom of exchange, property rights, and global trade.

@@tann_man Since the 1930’s when most ditched the good standard we have seen the most explosive global growth. You’re not even trying to argue within the facts.

Im not against, but the problem is rent & house prices could go up

It's rich people who can afford to travel with their trust funds, that's why they look better.

The answer is simple cheaper living cost, do simple math Average monthly living expenses for a single person in the USA are $3,000 Average monthly living expenses for a single person in the Bali are $500-$1,000 Let say you have 3K income in one year you'll have no saving in US, but in Bali you'll have $24K-$30K of course you'll have better life because you have more money to spend or invest

@PanayFun Of course nothing free, even you fish your own fish it still cost your time, it will be more expensive from my perspective. Actually $500 is still expensive (Usually in non-touristy areas only cost half) but most digital nomad prefer touristy area to get more facility, entertainment and community. No way you can get Bali's lifestyle such as surfing, diving, mountain climbing, whole villa, skydiving etc in Canada with your current living cost isn't?

@@dickriggles942 jealous clown

@@nikolaygospodinov9180 Not really. Had to deal with twits like them in college. They were usually the unhappiest people I'd ever known.

Always welcome to come here

Ya, only the local who are doing 9-5 job to everyday to served foreigners

Hospitality is bali's major industry so yes

You def don't need 120k to live in bali... More like 85k and you can have all those things you mentioned

I do hear this complaint alot lately. Where did you go instead?

@@uptin Columbia Medellin. I lived in bali for a year. It was magical during covid. Then the tourists came it everything got ruined by influencer wannabe’s. People everywhere, hundreds just vlogging. It’s insnane. It’s like everyone has a disease.

@@Abcccdwe it’s Colombia, not Columbia

@@MARCOZG3B viejo

we got many of those here

They don’t

One of the interviewees said that she started work at 1:45am 😂

super affordable, you can even get free treatments (medical check-up, etc) if you applied for national Indonesia's health insurance called BPJS

Working fron 9pm to 5am... 🤣🤣🤣

Bali is big , but traffic can be insane in the south. There are videos on RU-vid on pro and cons on bali. I would probably chose Thailand myself.

Indonesia has 17.000 islands, not only Bali. Go check Labuan Bajo, Sumba, Biak, Kepri, and many more!! I prefer go to Sumba or Labuan Bajo rathen than Bali

I'm hearing Bali has become Ibiza East and someone in a digital nomad sub reddit even said it's starting to become like the other Hawaii filled with American tourists.... but for a first time digital nomad seeking a tropical location it's probably a good choice (for now)

Probably for good reason. Filtering those digital nomads out of the country.

I think there are a lot of reasons, but I've seen a lot of domestic and foreign digital nomads in China before the pandemic. Like you had the hippie folks staying in Dali or Lhasa, the tech-savvy/entrepreneurial folks in Shenzhen/Dongguan, or kids climbing their financial/corporate ladders in Shanghai/Hong Kong. VPN might be a concern, but really insignificant compared to many other things.

thank you so much :)

Ga gitu konsepnya kerjaan mereka platform US gaji dipungut pajak US kecuali platform milik indo asli pemerintah bisa pajak. Bangkrut kalo dikit2 pajak ke enakan pemerintah

​@@godgamblers4900 coba baca dl deh kak aturannya digital nomad di web nya kantor pajak. Gak bs saya copas di sini krn di comment youtube gak bisa add link.

It’s like the guy said, you still have to work. But being able to not only pick your work environment but to have it not be the “traditional” kind has to be invigorating. You’d rather work in a bland cubicle in LA than in an outdoor cafe in Bali?

lol

Yes Brother 🫡

That place is a dump

@@sully8061 u dont whanna go there?

It depends! Some of them say they’re good for business. But some also say they can drive prices higher!

I am Indonesian. I think most Balinese appreciate digital nomad presence,the economy contribution is huge. Especially after the pandemic, they totally feel it.

The answer is no. I lived on an island. Rich people come and price natives out. I went back home to my island and they were selling organic food in an aisle in the front. It was surreal. People I knew started getting into weird fad diets people in California would follow. It was depressing.

they do, but the locals just hate it when the prices designated for foreigners are being applied to the domestic people/Indonesians as well

Immigration policy would be easy to control, but as long as the government extends onshore the visas indefinitely without leaving the country, things will continue to go badly. In addition, the digital nomads pay no taxes, use the infrastructure for free and also benefit from the favorable purchasing power of the dollar... in the long term it is a win-loss situation for Indonesia...

locals GET TO WORK because of tourists

@@fwefhwe4232 locals needs WORK that dont involves tourists or itd be that time during COVID where people having catastrophical consequences because they were so dependent on TOURISM

@@rifqimujahid4907 money brought by tourists are inside the country, it's up to the government to create work places that are not related to tourism

Be white, the answer to all of life's questions. If you're not white, work your ass off to get a green card to get work from the US or other rich EU countries, just like the India homies did.

Bro, bali is visa free tho for indians

The creator of this video and many interviewed throughout are not white though. Why even bring race into this?

@@nehadrun919 yeah I know. There are only very few countries like that. Westerners can come to Asia and live freely. Think the other way around. Lets say you want to be a digital nomad living in the USA.

@sankar muthe Usa poyit enth nee aakan pone. Avide ivanmaark veed poyit samadhanam illa.

anh yes, the "i'm brown, so I'm a victim and they are white, so Iife is so good for them" mentaIity ... pathetic!

Almost everyone who refers to themselves as that is a tool.

lol surprised we didn't cross paths!

hahaha love your first impression

There are no working visas for digital nomads in Indonesia. Hello from Bali 🏝

IT

remote jobs

fitness studio?

lmao

Gladd you liked it!!

Locals also get lower local prices and a strong family network that a foreigner doesn't have. Count your blessings and don't live in jealousy.