In Reply to: WOW....Big Step....but don't rush things posted by DonRon on Friday, 20. June 2008 at 20:54 Bali Time:
Hi All:
After many visits to Bali, I finally made the move. Nothing is ever permanent, but for the time being, I can all Bali home.
For me, the primary things to manage are:
- visa extensions and renewals;
- maintaining any Aust cards, profiles, docs (eg., aust drivers license, medicare card, aust tax, aust postal address, Aust bank accounts, etc.
- Aust bank accounts, indo bank accounts, and money transfer issues.
On the ground in Bali, my local knowledge and experience continues to expand on a daily basis.
When here, listen and learn from Local and Bule (expats n foreigners) alike. Learn from both the success and failure stories. Both sets of tales will often delight and shock the listener. God gave us two ears and one mouth, so my policy is to try to listen twice as much as i talk :)
Good luck with the move, the sunrises, sunsets and the twilight are worth the price of entry. And the Southern Cross is still your friend.
take care
rediim