I noticed more more foreigner decided to live and work in Bali. This made huges changes on our land, 1.000 H rice field turned into concrete, more traffic more waste produced. What i worry is the significant changed on our culture and nature. Lets love Bali, its nature, culture and the people. Bali for all
I love seeing this! He's absolutely right about making sure your income is stable before going to Bali, he looks very happy with his lifestyle now. Better to go where you're appreciated and not just tolerated.
It also helps he runs an online business, it would be difficult for many to get and try and find work or a job that will provide an income that lets them live a lifestyle they want or similar to this.
Good to hear that he can escalate his economy in Bali. But many doesn't know, foreigners in Bali fail to respect the local values. Not all, but quite many. I hope this guy can bring much prosperity for the locals without changing the legacy of Bali.
@@esmegurafruit5500 Sesak gimana? PSBB kemaren aja mohon2 sampe nangis sama pemerintah supaya border dibuka lagi. Itu tanda perputaran uang di Bali pincang, ga bisa survive kalo cuma dari warga lokal. Beda sama provinsi lain, masih survive.
@@djadjanesia anda paham yang jadi permasalahan disini?? Banyak orang dari provinsi lain yang menetap di bali padahal awal datang bilangnya pengen liburan doank 🙄 YANG PARAHNYA LAGI MALAH NGEMIS DENGAN MENGENAKAN PAKAIAN ADAT BALI! Waktu di suruh perlihatkan ktp malah gak mau, diajak ngobrol pake bahasa bali malah gak bisa🤣 Bikin sesak doank, turis lokal kok malah jadi pengemis?
@@esmegurafruit5500 Emang dasar orang bali mental inlandernya kentel banget, sok ngejatohin turis lokal padahal jelas jelas yg terkenal BEGPACKER itu turis asing wkwkwk. Sok angkuh padahal hidupnya cuma depends on tourism. Tanpa itu? Ya terseok seok, noh bukti nyatanya pas PSBB. 🤣 Lagian orang bali mana bisa kerja, tiap hari kalo bukan adu ayam ya judi, yg berhasil jadi pekerja seni ya dari orang orang bali rebel yg merasa najis sama budaya pemalas sukunya, udah jadi stereotipe bagi satu indonesia. 🤣 C'mon lah, tourism provinsi lo go internasional itu cuma karena banyak nature spotsnya, budaya lo sebenernya boring and annoying, lebih interest land of deadnya toraja atau budaya suku bajo, cuma kita lokal sama orang asing berusaha menghargai aja karena dimana bumi dipijak disitu langit dijunjung, kalo udah diluar bali mah jadi omongan. 🤣 Sok sok ngomong sesak dasar provinsi pincang tanpa tourism. 🤣🤣🤣
dgn investor visa harusnya dia bukan kerja disini. harusnya dia investasi, tanem duit ato buka lapangan kerja disini. Dia kan pegang visa PMA (Penanam Modal Asing), perlu di cek lagi apa dia udah realisasi investasi nya ato belum... 90% orang2 model gini biasanya belum ato tidak pernah realisasi. Berani taruhan gw klo orang ini belum keluarin duit investasinya.
@@ajiebkp iya tau,, tapi dia udah realisasi belum?! Banyak yg daftarnya mau invest sejuta, tapi baru realisasi ceban. yg penting dapet visa dan bisa bebas tinggal disini, lalu dia bisnis/kerja yg lain. Setau gw, belom.. saat ini digital nomad asing itu ilegal.
Actually getting out of the United States to see other countries made me realize how much better the rest of the world really is compared to the richest country (US) It may not be the richest countries, but the quality of life is much healthier and happier imo
@@jsebby2284 It actually is. You've just been so accustomed to consuming the "American exceptionalism" nationalist garbage, that you really don't understand that there are many places around the world with a much better standard of living than the US.
@@jforester7 it's actually not. You've just been so accustomed to consuming the "America sucks" leftist garbage, that you really don't understand that the US US one of the better places in the world to live
I moved to Bali in 2021 and everything he said is 100% true! With my US student stipend, I was living like upper middle class in Bali. My grades were the best they’d ever been and my mental health skyrocketed as a student and the Balinese people were so accepting. I was home 💗✨
As an Indonesian, Bali welcomes everyone, as long as you respect its local culture and heritage which is considered very sacred as it is the only remaining place in Indonesia which still adheres to the ancestral faith of the Indonesian people.
@@ASora-ox8fj he said Bali " it is the only remaining place in Indonesia which still adheres to the ancestral faith of the Indonesian people.", while in reality it is not.
@@marilynwillett804 muslims believe in Jesus because he is the prophet mentioned in quran like Moses,David,Solomon and Muhammad they are all prophets of allah
It's good for him, i am Indonesian living in Jakarta, but i do go to Bali 5-10 times a year since i also own a couple of restaurants in Bali, but even for us Indonesians, going to Bali is like the best self healing moments, no matter how many times i go to Bali, i never get bored at all.
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Surely living in Indonesia is much better than living in Japan, Europe, USA, Australia, etc. Much better food, much better climate, much better everything. I cancel my intention to live back to Europe. Really, eating animals, drinking alcoholic, etc for me is lifestyle of the poor and they consider as luxury based on their very poor natural resources parts of the world. Even Michelin top restaurants to top chef are only serving poor food they consider luxury. How many Indonesians are living abroad especially in Europe and USA? Only 0,0001% of the whole population in the foreign countries. And how many western foreigners are living in Indonesia? more than 8% of the the whole population. So who's real rich here? if you have everything at home why you should go out? ;) and even conquering?! only poor mentality and poor nature does that (western, north asia, middle eastern and surrounding, etc). #Indonesia humbleness misinterpreted as sign of weakness in western world also middle east and surrounding (because their nature is poor) but here humbleness and friendliness truly means as sign of wealthy nature, nourishing #Indonesia
Also moved here from the U.S. and love it. I’ve been here for 3 years and don’t see myself ever moving back to the U.S. for any reason. This island it special.
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Preach! Can’t stand when I go places and tourists just expect the ppl to just change their way of life just for them. Like no. U came to their country. Learn and adapt. Like u said respect will get u a long way with ppl when they see ur trying to understand them.
Greetings from West Africa. I did the same . Left Toronto Canada on Dec 2019 and moved to Ivory Coast. Life is amazing here and lots of opportunities. Smart.
I live in Toronto and I hate it. If you didn't like it in 2019 literally double the cost of everything, reduce services, add millions of more people from immigration, and that's how it is now
I loved Toronto specially as a Caribbean man. The issue was that even with a salary of 150K and being single with no kids ,Toronto was too expensive back in 2019. So I left for Africa . I eat fish and vegetable every day here. But I still miss Toronto specially during summer time.
I was surprised seeing his budget it wasn't as cheap as he was making it out to be in the beginning. 1k rent for 1 bedroom (granted it looks nice enough, pool and stuff) isn't that cheap to me?
@@BigHeadAvenger He could live just about anywhere in the world and it'll be cheaper than San Diego. I'm just saying their focus on cheapness is odd, it would make more sense to focus on maybe the cultural aspects he mentions.
I like how he said “I created a life that I wanted » - he made a point to be centered and near nature as a natural mean to lift depression. Even though he did not state it- he’s is spiritual.
Now this is what I'm talking about. This is smart and a realistic goal for many people. It may not be with digital marketing but any skill that you can do online and get paid, you should take advantage of the location arbitration.
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Yes, anyone who can work online. They can take advantage of the Geoarbitrage. I believe the numbers of digital nomads will still grow, therefore I start building digital nomad and remote work app.
Would be much cheaper if he buys a 50cc motorcycle 🏍️ instead of paying 100 buck a month on rental bike. And buy an apartment and pay mortgage. Morgage is cheaper than his rent. And get a house maid for housekeeping, laundry and cooking. 300 dollars a month you get a live in maid.
Yeah you can even live in Thailand for only $100 a month. Imagine earning just $100k USD online, which is easily attainable. You'd be living like a king.
He is considered in bali as a not a truthful person. Fakes most of his social engagement. Creates fake content and so on .. but nobody does DYOR here. Consuming without reading 📖 the details. Lol 😂
I am sitting here grinning over the fact that he mentioned "Go-Jek", one of the most successful Indonesian digital companies. Thanks for casting him and sharing what his life has been like in Bali. Appreciate the positive messages :)
This brother is crushing it! We have very similar mindsets. Business and global minded. And living the life he envisioned for himself and not what his parents envisioned for him. Inspiring! 👊🏼
Oooo goodness. Imagine if black Americans DID get reparations? It'd be a few thousands of dollars i'd say. But imagine because then all of these countries, Canada included, would be boosting all these commercials of trying to get black people over there. They'd sell it very well too with the beauty, the racial history being different for black people there than America, etc. It would be wild to see.
@@mikejall3644 He's right because the words "black, African American" etc is a construct, created by racist people to separate us and put a negative label on us so people would avoid us, like a plague.
@@marlak4203 If you come to Indonesia don’t go over there with the American mindset of racism. Being black in Indonesia has a different meaning than in the U.S. it’s more akin to being dark than actually black. The racism really isn’t that bad and is more like if you’re from eastern Indonesia you’re more looked down upon. People are also more tribist than racist. Indonesians don’t really have a concept of race and more of a concept of tribes.
@@Un4rceable thank youuuu. Exactly. You put it better than i could. Racial issues over in some other countries are NOT the same way as here. Like in New Zealand, if im correct, their "black" people are totally NOT the same kind of black people in America. Lol. I was really really amazed. But you are very right, people don't realize to make it over there and REALLY get to know the country you have to not only know the language (or be with someone who does) you have to adjust to the customs and get your native country way of thinking out of it when dealing with issues there. You have to learn how to switch. When issues come up in the foreign land it isn't always about your gender, race or sexuality. I want to say in other nations how they view transsexuals and other matters like that over there are very different than the American version of it, if im correct.
Seeing him grounded and happy, physically, emotionally, and mentally makes me happy af💯great video of someone living their best life✅DON'T LET LIFE PASS YOU BY🙏🏿
This is a wonderful story. I feel nothing but pride and love for this man. Glad he's found a beautiful place to live and enjoy all life can offer. Respect
For an American making American dollars living in Bali. Its like heaven. For Indonesian living in Bali, it is hustle and bustle and working and paying bills.
I feel peace already everytime I walk out of the airplane in Bali’s airport. Never feel the same anywhere else in the world. The Balinese should share their secrets to this peaceful feeling to others around the world.
I’m 65, my husband is terminally ill, and his $3 million estate will go to his son. I want to spend the rest of my days traveling - will I have enough money
Just a suggestion: instead of "waiting on the phone for hours" to speak with a Social Security Admin rep who may or more likely may not understand the intricacies of surviving spouse benefits and the timelines for same, call the SSA appointment line and make an appointment for an in-person meeting at a local SSA office. Accurate information is much more likely to be delivered there. I speak from two personal experiences with nearly disastrous incorrect information from SSA in applying for divorced spouse benefits and then obtaining survivor benefits when my ex passed shortly thereafter. May have to try several times for that in-person appointment as due to the pandemic SSA local offices are very short staffed. It's still worth the effort!
Take $1.5 mil and invest in reasonably safe dividend paying stocks and bonds you should easily be able to receive annual dividends in the 5% range with very little risk. Ifyou are willing to accept a little more risk you should easily be able to increase that to 20%. That would generate annual income of between $150,000 to $300,000 annually without touching your principle. Add this to your $20,000 you currently receive and you have an annual income well north of $100,000 easily. How far north depends on the level of risk you are willing to accept and how much you draw down from your principle annually. Sounds to me like you are in very good shape financially, far ahead of the majority, and should easily be able to do some traveling if that is where your priorities lie.
I’m jealous, I need some guidance please. Lately I've been considering buying dividends stocks for retirement. I have set asides $400k but somewhere along the line, I get cold feet maybe because I'm a rookie and have no idea what I'm doing.
@@alinaally6048 Diversify your portfolio, control your investment fees, stay invested for the long term, and practice financial responsibility. I’ve been investing for over 10 years and the best advice I have found comes from Karen Marie Emma who has several free and nominal cost services. Through her you can get strategies designed to address your unique long-term goals and financial dreams.
This woman obviously needs help with her financial dealings, and she has more than most. This is a good reason finance’s should be kept separate even at an older age. At 50 something we went to rework our will with a good estate lawyer. We had almost everything in joint accounts except our retirement accounts. Because I had so much more in my account he suggested our house get transferred to my wife only to keep what each owned balanced. We have done that, married 51 years my retirement account is larger but her taxable account is larger. I own a checking account with her on the account and she owns a checking account with me on it our emergency saving account at the bank is joint. If one of us passed away the survivor could live life without the saving of the other.
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He’s absolutely right! Good for him, for being transparent & realistic. I love love Bali Indonesia. I stayed there for a few months a few times.Merindukanmu Indonesia 🥲
Wow amazing! You can tell he doesn't have a care in the world. A simple but fruitful life. The most important part is he is surrounded by peace! It's golden
A rare insight to a Bali digital nomad who actually has something to say and is not just in love with himself holding a selfie stick on a scooter. Refreshing.
i love that he is on an investor visa... giving back to the local economy rather than working there and not ...i don't know how to explain it... read about "Kristen Gray" who with her girlfriend were working in bali on a tourist visa... not paying any income taxes to Indonesia... only the US and they wrote an ebook about it.
I’m tired of living in America I don’t feel valued here at all and there’s no sense of peace here Bali has been on my mind I love how peaceful it looks I really hope to make it out of America 🙏🏾
I’ve lived around the world including 16 years in Asia. I love Bali, but for me the downside of Bali is that it’s extremely busy all time and the areas where you are likely to live are extremely densely populated. A motorcycle is fine but when you have a family and need a car you run into the problem that parking in Bali is a nightmare. I did find the friendliest and most trusting people I have ever met in Bali, but the tourists there can be extremely disrespectful to locals and continuous drunk and I’ll behaved tourists get very annoying after a while. However, if it works for you then that’s great.
I wonder if Bali will ever fully recover from covid and if the crowds will ever return or at least for a while. I'm kind of hoping not because I want to move there and while I want enough people to have fun and be friends with I don't want it to be crazy all the time.
If u look beyond the busy hilly billy of Bali which is any place other than Kuta, Canggu and Ubud, there are many many more place in Bali than those place that contain many interesting hidden gems. Many foreigners did that and live away from it. Try ask around, the farther you go you'll see.
@K Kelly LGBT Aussie's like myself don't! Because if you are LGBT..they can deport you..as they have done before to others. No thanks. Plenty of other cheap and civilized places to go to where you are respected no matter who you love!
Im from bali. But i have working for 3 years in Turkey because i dont get good job in Bali, I am here to support my 2 daughters study in university in Bali
Hi I'm Indonesian and I'm happy you love Bali. For those thinking of moving/going there, here are some honest reason why you may not want to: - People from countries with stronger currencies drive prices up, rendering the locals a harder time purchasing daily items. - Olumide moved partly because of the nicer non-racist Indonesian. In my experience, racism is still there although to a lesser degree. - The last reason is more of a suggestion. Visit other places, people go to Bali just because a lot others do, but the whole country is literally one huge Bali. Cheers, hope this give you more perspective.
No, old Indonesia was Bali but modern Indonesia is closer to the desert of the Middle East. Bali preserves what ancient Indonesia/Nusantara used to be before Islam came and change the culture and stop almost all artistic creations. Outside of Bali, I can not live a peaceful life. The Adzan and Islamic Prayers are so NOISY. And the culture outside Bali is not so diverse. The dances, music, paintings, sculptures are of the olden days. Indonesia nearly stopped creating native arts after the Islamic Conquest.
@@jacksableng4775 So you're saying islam should never came to indonesia because of it shift many cultural aspect? Just build your own time machine then and go back to the time where islam hasnt arrive so you can live peacefully there. You can also had an option to relocate yourself where there is no islam in an area. As simple as that. Little tips for you, if you really annoyed about adzan, just go to your local community leader in your area and tell them about your concern. Have a discussion, if you wanna make the adzan not to be echoes, tell them. Get agreement done. That was real Indonesian culture is, musyawarah. Just act instead of barking, it wouldnt solve your problem.
@@nurdadone4063 Indonesia before Islam is a Huge Bali; full of cultures, dancing, booze, and nudity Lol. All those things which are beautiful are Musrik and Syrik according to Islam. Bali is actually a Haram place, nudity, pork and alcohol are everywhere... Yet is so much more peaceful than a Halal world. Adzan will remain an Islamic declaration of conquest scourging and superimposing local cultures.
@@jacksableng4775 lol if that's what you're into, try Jakarta. Night life is vibrant and the cost is not much diff. SCBD area especially is looking more and more like Manhattan.
I'm a Balinese and It's good to see that he had better times in Bali. The story is inspiring. I also like it he respected the locals. But the phrase "I live better in Bali than I did in the US" is sounds like gentrification to me. I don't know, he probably said he made $140.000/year it means he made 2 billion Rupiah and he can live whatever the way he likes in Bali. On the contrary, most of Balinese people is on minimum wage. I also have a local friend that currently working in the US and he would say that he'd be pretty much like the life he made in the US because you know, the value of the money is significantly different.
money and many others things were left out of this, if he didnt run his online established business he would find it difficult, an american who just graduated college may find it tough to come find work in bali that pays enough to give them a nice lifestyle, its not easy to just go pick up and move to bali because of the money factor, sure if you have lots of money already you can live nice, on 140K USD a year you can live nice almost anywhere though......
Very good breakdown brother. Thanks for sharing. I am originally from Mexico, but have lived my whole life in California. I recently just moved to Arizona and bought land here. With no family and friends. I’m truly considering just getting out of the United States and either going back to Mexico (Baja California) or Bali. Lots of things to think about and consider. Your video absolutely helps. Thank you.
Nigerian immigrants to the US are the most economically successful of any recent immigrant group and I am a first generation Indian in the US giving recognition and respect to a wonderful entrepreneurial people. People think we are the most highly educated but it is Nigerians, look it up. Loved this episode and good luck.
Coming from Albania alone, I found peace with Nigerians. They're great people with a passion for community. I left the US, but their kindness remains in my heart.
And it's proof that "white supremacy" doesn't exist in the USA. Literally over a dozen non-White ethnic groups outperform Whites economically and have even lower incarceration rates etc
@@hamishcarter8982 Hm sir/Ma’am. Check your facts. We are talking about Immigrant groups here, Not blacks and whites. The black and white racial/ wealth gap is still very much high. We still live under the white supremacy construction. Segregation, discrimination, systematic inequality, racial injustice etc all these are still very much ALIVE!
@@patiencevirtue_ since when we're "whites and blacks" the only people in the US you friggin dolt. Asians are 7% of the US population and Hispanics nearly 18%. But whatever, enjoy your cherry picking arguments
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This video melted my heart. I love seeing our black brothers and sisters thriving for the best. Let’s all remember that all humans matters. Great one young man💕🙏🏽
I was sad to hear he did not feel more welcomed in the US, but not surprised, along with the complications of being foreign born. It's awkward for kids for moving from another school, or state. Fortunately it's a big welcoming world out there. He shows what's possible. Be well.
I love Bali. It's like a second home for me. And I love that he's found a place where being a poc is not a negative thing. I'm a poc and I'm hoping one day to retire in Bali.
I live in Bali and it had been the best experience so far in my life. The food , the weather and the people are just a good experience. I moved here from China Hongkong city and I love it
I’m not going to lie to you. I want to live the digital nomad lifestyle bad. I’m currently at an office job and life seems so uneventful. I don’t even care about the money I just want to flexibility and the experiences
@@brandonq5493 the most horrible things self doubt and the people around me telling me it’s unachievable…I know it’s achievable there’s a person staring in a TH-cam video about it, but that mental block is tough
i'm indonesian living in jakarta. i have a belgian friend living in bali for almost 8 years now. he doesnt want to leave. when i had vacation to bali, he, a white belgian, took me around. made me feel like i was the tourist in my own country
Bali is beautiful and unbelievably cheap! We were there for our honeymoon. Gotta say though, this idea is great if someone is single or in a relationship without kids. We'd personally struggle to see how we'd move to Bali with our 2 kids. But absolutely love to see that Olumide is living it up there. It's amazing 🙌🏾
What kind of struggle? The kids? Kids will adapt faster and better than you. Other benefit for them is learning other culture, language, etc that will broaden their mind and eyes to see the world better.
Homeschooling if that's okay for your kids and rent a villa with 2 bedrooms and pool as well as garden. The price range from 10k USD until the luxury ones for 15k+ a year.
I'm a military brat, and I currently work for the federal government. I enjoy moving around. But I always let people know, living in and visiting a place are two different things.
Yes I totally understand why he chose to live in Bali🌴 I lived in abroad for 10 years and moved back to Japan now🇯🇵 Life is beautiful. We only love once. Live life to the fullest🌏
for accomodation and food bali is cheaper than other big city actually, because there are so many hotel vilas,resaturant etc. created a business competition which ultimately makes the price more affordable
I travelled to Indonesia in November 2000. It’s one of my favorite countries. I had the same experience regarding the hospitality of the people. I made friends during that trip that I still have today.
I’m not so proud of it. I rather would have Nigerians related to truthfully ideals, instead of lies. As longer the lies stays true as bigger the hate will be at the end when people realize it’s all fake what he is saying about himself and his lifestyle.
@@onlinework5290 I try to focus on the positives, there's already enough negatives surrounding our country, I cheer those trying to do better and good amidst the bad. Stay positive, because you attract the energy you give off.
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The purpose of moving to a new country is to make a contribution to that country, in particular its people. If you are doing this then that’s great. If you moved to Bali simply because it’s cheaper then that is not so great.
@@crackerjackB There are only two purposes to life. 1. To live peacefully. 2. To live usefully. Let us know if you think there are any other purposes to life?
@@davidpayne423 I was once on a meditation retreat in Thailand. The question was asked. “What is the meaning of life”. The presiding monk said that he did not know. Nor his teacher, he said. However, the monk said that his teacher had told him that there are two purposes to life. So, if you know more than the teacher of a Buddhist monk then feel free to enlighten us all with your list.
You miss the money part. Happiness and peace goes out the door if you are starving and there is no roof above your head. Did you miss the part where he was actually counting his money. I've seen lots of happy loving relationships got ruined when reality sets in that you actually need money.
Olumide great to listen to a happy spirit. I am 74 years on this earth trip. I was born a Sicilian in 1947, I experienced race hate or being called names everywhere growing up in America. Made me have mixed up anger, sadness, and I felt segregated and looked down on. My parents named me Jerome which back then was a name black people used but most white-skinned were john, bill Pete, bob, etc. I finished school headed to Mexico where I was accepted and worked hard hours low pay but happier. Twenty years later I headed to Bali on the advice of a lot of Canadian ex-pats. I been here 32 years of beauty, happier moments than I can describe. People are unique wonderful god family friends and money is last on the list. I went back to America after a half-century, wish I had not it is a cesspool of anger, ego, competition, hatred, and drug problems with third world infrastructure. Sad but made me so happy to get home to Bali. Love to run into to you for a lunch someday my treat although your good financially. I got stories of before they had white bread or hotels and we slept in village banjars traveling all Bali and Indonesia. Pak Jerry Never leave you been blessed to be here.
This is great! Create the life you want for yourself despite what anyone thinks or says. At the end of the day, you have to be happy with your decisions. I’m glad you feel valued now as a person. God is so good!
I am so grateful for that. It brought tears to my eyes. Bali is where I want to retire. I currently live in a tent with my dog. I have never been able to afford a home so for pretty much my whole adult life I have been either renting a room, or sleeping on the street or living in my car or in a tent. This May I start school for web design so I can become a digital nomad. In two years I want to get into real estate. And then two years later head off to Bali. I've always choice Bali cause it's seems so peaceful and I keep hearing it affordable. And being a black woman from the South it's even better cause it's more accepting. That is my plan and I am going to watch this everyday for motivation. I appreciate u sharing this and keeping people out there like me hopeful. Thank u.
I hope u get better circumstances asap but please don't move permanently to our country, be mindful to our the locals who are more likely to be at disadvantages because of gentrification. Please only visit for vacation only, we don't want to be another hawaii.
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I am a senior African American woman who has studied much about INDONESIA. I would like to ask if you have ever visited the island of FLORES. which is quite different from either Java or Bali? Since my field is Music, what interests me is their music has elements of the AFRICAN Diaspora,tracing it primarily to the 200+ yrs. of Portuguese influence (aka, colonization!), which included crew members from the Luso Diaspora of Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola and Mozambique. How many of these crew members may have found refuge in Flores, as well as the rest of Nusa Tenggara (eastern Indonesia) has yet to be explored. Also, the recent influences of Reggae and Rap may have some influence as well. I am now a senior with a disability, but it would be a great project to investigate!
Hi, please do not take what I typed for the truth. Before I present my knowledge about thing that you might ask, mainly, Indonesia is loosely divided ethno-culturally into 3 main partitions, there are the western part, which were predominantly has Malay-javanese sub culture, the center, that has kinda grey and mixed culture , and lastly the eastern part, which includes flores, moluccas and papua, these ethno-cultural division is also well reflected in the preference of their music genre. And I could firmly say, no, to the guess you had made. These eastern indo people, their choice and preference of reagge or rap or the genre of similar type were not ultimately caused by the influence of colonialism, even papuan or moluccan, which were not colonized directly or had extensive relation with the portugese, tend to prefer reggae or rap genre more than pop or any other music genres. it was not necessarily caused by international migration in thr span of 200yrs, it is more like a subtle inclination of their youngster and newest preference which were shifting from traditional musics and cultures to the more internationally recognized ones. so, basically speaking, in my humble opinion regarding this matter, it was just a subtle and natural human preferencial choice of art that was reflected over the majority of a community, which was brought mainly by the ever reaching hand of globalization. even the flores itself had not been fully occupied by the portugese prior to the dutch arrival.
I've been to Flores. They didn't look black, and I don't think they'd take it well if you went in and tried to blackwash their culture, especially as a foreigner
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started. Check it out it could be interesting 😊
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started. Check it out it could be interesting 😊
Nice video with great content. I’m born and raised a U.S. Citizen and I am moving out of the country to Mexico on May 1st. You are so on point about the money. To be comfortable and prosperous, one needs to make sure they have steady and reliable income along with budgeting that income to sustain a healthy quality of life. Not a good idea to be broke, homeless and hungry in a foreign country.
Even moving to a small town from any big city is almost 50% savings. Also, stress reduces considerably. But again it's how you manage it. Many can be unsuccessful as they don't have a plan.
Nice tips. I still need clarification, when on traffic light do shift to park or leave it on drive and leg on the brake? A friend told me that putting leg on the brake automatically disengage the transmission until you release leg on the brake and it engage back automatically.
I love the realness in this video. It's so true that you must, must, must take care of yourself and inner life in order to be receptive to connecting with others. We're you able to begin creating a community of friends for yourself? For me, that is the defining aspect of my happy place. Unfortunately, I have not found that here in the US.
It's wonderful to see a brother living his best life outside of where he grew up.An excellent preparation is while you are in college to spend a year abroad.Most US Universities have such programs.You can study languages that will put you ahead for making the transition to living overseas. I did it 40 years ago, but was always amazed how few of us took advantage of the opportunity.I am now 25 years overseas and retired abroad.Just like thousands of whites who retire to Asia or Mexico or Europe or South America,you can do it also and live better for a fraction of the costs in the US. Good luck with expanding your horizons and livings your best lives!
I used to travel to Asia for business twice a year. Bali is always my final destination before heading home. Like any city, there are good people and bad people. Just make sure you flock with the right people. And if you are in Bali looking for drugs and girls, you will get it where the sun don't shine.
20 min flight from Bali there’s the sister island of Lombok, much much more less crowded, a a more naturally diverse gem island with stunning nature and white sandy beaches. Lombok is set to become a very hot location for digital nomads and tourists, especially now, thanks to the MotoGP circuit they’ve just built. There are few companies that are helping with relocation in Indonesia, based on your budget and/or needs. The most famous and well reviewed is invest Islands, they even offer an eco village with international schools ands medi-clinic. .
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started. Check it out it could be interesting 😊
More people should look into living abroad to retire as well. You don't have to live in an expensive city, especially with everyone working from home these days.
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started. Check it out it could be interesting 😊
In an ironic way the opportunity to for him to live abroad came from America. a place that he felt treated him like less than a human at times Although simultaneously enabled him with the tools and education to do what he is doing. A price to pay? I’m not sure but I can relate . The duality, the yin an yang in life is so real, peace is unknown without chaos. man cannot survive on bread alone and life can never be understood though the material aspects of this world.
Hi bro,, welcome to be part of Paradise Soul, l love to hear that you'wr enjoy stay and live on Bali, hope you had a lot of friends now !! l am a Balineess guy but had been live in Jakarta sinced 1995 . I would love go back and live in Paradise in a very soon time.. hope we can catching up for coffee in my lovely village at the foot of Batukaru mountain Tabanan, l'll be more than happy to invite you come up to the Mountain. See you soon Bro...!!
🙌🏾 having the opportunity to live and experience different cultures around the world is truly enriching. I left the USA 16years ago and still loving it. All the best and safe travels.
Im happy to see how beautiful Bali and how the ppl are so friendly... good to see the honest reviews too.. ☺️ I just hope in long run, bali wont be overrun by foreigners buying up lands and left the balinese who has been there generations with scraps or low income/ jobs.
@@mistertaxi2011 still not possible. No law in Indonesia that says foreigners can own a piece of land. If they do it through a third party, still the land isn't theirs, it's the third party's land and at any time that third party can break contract with the foreigners and leave them with nothing because the land isn't theirs. No amount of money can get u a piece of land in Indonesia written under your name. If anyone says they can help u get it, it's a f ing scam.
@@ItsTheAlfaa oh sure I know third party can't be trusted, I'm a local myself. But like I said, corruption run rampants that some foreigner maybe could bribe local government to buy property.
that "live of luxury" on the cheap you're enjoying is at the cost of the locals working overtime being paid less than a third of your minimum wage back in the states, averaging around $150 per month
They'd be worse off if he wasn't there, bringing in US$ from his clients worldwide. He's actually transferring wealth to them from richer countries and individuals globally.
Their costs are low I'm pretty sure also. The income is related to costs of housing etc. Of course if too many come prices for real estate etc. will get pushed up.
I noticed more more foreigner decided to live and work in Bali. This made huges changes on our land, 1.000 H rice field turned into concrete, more traffic more waste produced. What i worry is the significant changed on our culture and nature. Lets love Bali, its nature, culture and the people. Bali for all
Agree with this! The Environment is at risk of damages from land conversion.
Sad but true. The reality is that people are happy to sell their land to investors.
Moving there this year !
You could expand on this issue and make a video ?
What about the money coming over?
I love seeing this! He's absolutely right about making sure your income is stable before going to Bali, he looks very happy with his lifestyle now. Better to go where you're appreciated and not just tolerated.
As blk people those places are hard to find but i glad he's found his peace there.
Go where you’re treated BEST! - Nomad Capitalist
Well said 👍🏽
It also helps he runs an online business, it would be difficult for many to get and try and find work or a job that will provide an income that lets them live a lifestyle they want or similar to this.
It will happen for me and my seed
Good to hear that he can escalate his economy in Bali. But many doesn't know, foreigners in Bali fail to respect the local values. Not all, but quite many. I hope this guy can bring much prosperity for the locals without changing the legacy of Bali.
Local tourist also didn't respect bali that much 🤪 Bali udah sesak, jangan bikin sesak lagi
👍
@@esmegurafruit5500 Sesak gimana? PSBB kemaren aja mohon2 sampe nangis sama pemerintah supaya border dibuka lagi. Itu tanda perputaran uang di Bali pincang, ga bisa survive kalo cuma dari warga lokal. Beda sama provinsi lain, masih survive.
@@djadjanesia anda paham yang jadi permasalahan disini?? Banyak orang dari provinsi lain yang menetap di bali padahal awal datang bilangnya pengen liburan doank 🙄 YANG PARAHNYA LAGI MALAH NGEMIS DENGAN MENGENAKAN PAKAIAN ADAT BALI! Waktu di suruh perlihatkan ktp malah gak mau, diajak ngobrol pake bahasa bali malah gak bisa🤣
Bikin sesak doank, turis lokal kok malah jadi pengemis?
@@esmegurafruit5500 Emang dasar orang bali mental inlandernya kentel banget, sok ngejatohin turis lokal padahal jelas jelas yg terkenal BEGPACKER itu turis asing wkwkwk.
Sok angkuh padahal hidupnya cuma depends on tourism. Tanpa itu? Ya terseok seok, noh bukti nyatanya pas PSBB. 🤣
Lagian orang bali mana bisa kerja, tiap hari kalo bukan adu ayam ya judi, yg berhasil jadi pekerja seni ya dari orang orang bali rebel yg merasa najis sama budaya pemalas sukunya, udah jadi stereotipe bagi satu indonesia. 🤣
C'mon lah, tourism provinsi lo go internasional itu cuma karena banyak nature spotsnya, budaya lo sebenernya boring and annoying, lebih interest land of deadnya toraja atau budaya suku bajo, cuma kita lokal sama orang asing berusaha menghargai aja karena dimana bumi dipijak disitu langit dijunjung, kalo udah diluar bali mah jadi omongan. 🤣
Sok sok ngomong sesak dasar provinsi pincang tanpa tourism. 🤣🤣🤣
Indonesian here, respect for coming with the right visa (investor one)! Too many “digital nomads” abusing their tourist visas this past decade.
dgn investor visa harusnya dia bukan kerja disini. harusnya dia investasi, tanem duit ato buka lapangan kerja disini.
Dia kan pegang visa PMA (Penanam Modal Asing), perlu di cek lagi apa dia udah realisasi investasi nya ato belum... 90% orang2 model gini biasanya belum ato tidak pernah realisasi.
Berani taruhan gw klo orang ini belum keluarin duit investasinya.
@@kudajingkrak4919 Di menit 5:00 dia bilang dia punya real estate agency dimana dia invest disitu. CMIIW visa digital nomad Indonesia belom siap?
@@ajiebkp iya tau,, tapi dia udah realisasi belum?! Banyak yg daftarnya mau invest sejuta, tapi baru realisasi ceban. yg penting dapet visa dan bisa bebas tinggal disini, lalu dia bisnis/kerja yg lain.
Setau gw, belom.. saat ini digital nomad asing itu ilegal.
@@ajiebkp so y are ur Indonesia brothers working in usa
@@BlackMamba-lt8oe lol what? Personally wouldn’t want to move to the US. European countries have much better work life balance and social welfare
Actually getting out of the United States to see other countries made me realize how much better the rest of the world really is compared to the richest country (US) It may not be the richest countries, but the quality of life is much healthier and happier imo
The rest of the world isn't really that much better
@@jsebby2284 It actually is. You've just been so accustomed to consuming the "American exceptionalism" nationalist garbage, that you really don't understand that there are many places around the world with a much better standard of living than the US.
@@jsebby2284 Have you ever lived outside of the US? For longer than 6months?
@@sn350channel no
@@jforester7 it's actually not. You've just been so accustomed to consuming the "America sucks" leftist garbage, that you really don't understand that the US US one of the better places in the world to live
I moved to Bali in 2021 and everything he said is 100% true! With my US student stipend, I was living like upper middle class in Bali. My grades were the best they’d ever been and my mental health skyrocketed as a student and the Balinese people were so accepting. I was home 💗✨
What did you study?
Did you stay ?
So you receive US stipend and living in Bali? Do you go there with scholarships or something?
As an Indonesian, Bali welcomes everyone, as long as you respect its local culture and heritage which is considered very sacred as it is the only remaining place in Indonesia which still adheres to the ancestral faith of the Indonesian people.
cry in Minahasan & Papuan people
@@danielkudo4800 what does this have to do with minahasa and papua?
OVER 86% MUSLIM, in other words non believers of the Lord Jesus,
@@ASora-ox8fj he said Bali " it is the only remaining place in Indonesia which still adheres to the ancestral faith of the Indonesian people.", while in reality it is not.
@@marilynwillett804 muslims believe in Jesus because he is the prophet mentioned in quran like Moses,David,Solomon and Muhammad they are all prophets of allah
It's good for him, i am Indonesian living in Jakarta, but i do go to Bali 5-10 times a year since i also own a couple of restaurants in Bali, but even for us Indonesians, going to Bali is like the best self healing moments, no matter how many times i go to Bali, i never get bored at all.
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started. Check it out it could be interesting 😊
Do you need a cleaner or waitstaff? I need healing
I love my Indonesian brothers and sisters 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍
Keep your sickness to yourself!
Surely living in Indonesia is much better than living in Japan, Europe, USA, Australia, etc. Much better food, much better climate, much better everything. I cancel my intention to live back to Europe. Really, eating animals, drinking alcoholic, etc for me is lifestyle of the poor and they consider as luxury based on their very poor natural resources parts of the world.
Even Michelin top restaurants to top chef are only serving poor food they consider luxury.
How many Indonesians are living abroad especially in Europe and USA? Only 0,0001% of the whole population in the foreign countries. And how many western foreigners are living in Indonesia? more than 8% of the the whole population. So who's real rich here? if you have everything at home why you should go out? ;) and even conquering?! only poor mentality and poor nature does that (western, north asia, middle eastern and surrounding, etc).
#Indonesia
humbleness misinterpreted as sign of weakness in western world also middle east and surrounding (because their nature is poor) but here humbleness and friendliness truly means as sign of wealthy nature, nourishing
#Indonesia
Also moved here from the U.S. and love it. I’ve been here for 3 years and don’t see myself ever moving back to the U.S. for any reason. This island it special.
I love seeing other people leading happy and fulfilling lives. This gives me hope.
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started. Check it out it could be interesting 😊
Moriah@ Nice thought
I can get behind that statement.
Live your OWN life! Don't live though ME TUBERS Slick BS!
You can do it!!! Also if that's really your photo you are gorgeous!! That smile of yours gives me hope.
The key is respect for the local culture, be friendly to the people around you. I guarantee you will stay peacefully in Bali
yup, and stay away from drugs
😆 respect goes both ways.
true !
@@gandasulistyo2633 indeed
Preach! Can’t stand when I go places and tourists just expect the ppl to just change their way of life just for them. Like no. U came to their country. Learn and adapt. Like u said respect will get u a long way with ppl when they see ur trying to understand them.
Greetings from West Africa. I did the same . Left Toronto Canada on Dec 2019 and moved to Ivory Coast. Life is amazing here and lots of opportunities. Smart.
I live in Toronto and I hate it. If you didn't like it in 2019 literally double the cost of everything, reduce services, add millions of more people from immigration, and that's how it is now
I loved Toronto specially as a Caribbean man. The issue was that even with a salary of 150K and being single with no kids ,Toronto was too expensive back in 2019. So I left for Africa . I eat fish and vegetable every day here. But I still miss Toronto specially during summer time.
This is by far the most honest opinion about Bali. He looks genuinely happy with life. Spread the love and positivity. God bless you
Agreed, he didn't appear to be "fronting"/faking it.
Earning a 140K USD per year in Bali is like earning a million USD per year in the US.
I was surprised seeing his budget it wasn't as cheap as he was making it out to be in the beginning. 1k rent for 1 bedroom (granted it looks nice enough, pool and stuff) isn't that cheap to me?
Facts LOL
@@DrRosio hahahah you are so right
@@DrRosio He's comparing it to San Diego cost of living.
@@BigHeadAvenger He could live just about anywhere in the world and it'll be cheaper than San Diego. I'm just saying their focus on cheapness is odd, it would make more sense to focus on maybe the cultural aspects he mentions.
I like how he said “I created a life that I wanted » - he made a point to be centered and near nature as a natural mean to lift depression. Even though he did not state it- he’s is spiritual.
Now this is what I'm talking about. This is smart and a realistic goal for many people. It may not be with digital marketing but any skill that you can do online and get paid, you should take advantage of the location arbitration.
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started. Check it out it could be interesting 😊
Yes, anyone who can work online. They can take advantage of the Geoarbitrage. I believe the numbers of digital nomads will still grow, therefore I start building digital nomad and remote work app.
Would be much cheaper if he buys a 50cc motorcycle 🏍️ instead of paying 100 buck a month on rental bike. And buy an apartment and pay mortgage. Morgage is cheaper than his rent. And get a house maid for housekeeping, laundry and cooking. 300 dollars a month you get a live in maid.
Yeah you can even live in Thailand for only $100 a month. Imagine earning just $100k USD online, which is easily attainable. You'd be living like a king.
Work Visa a MUST HAVE to work IN BALI!!
As it should be. Go where you're being celebrated not tolerated ✈🌎💸
You know theyre only “celebrating” him because hes considered a wealthy foreigner there right? Indonesians can also be racist towards black ppl
@@ye23. as long as he's happy is what matter
@@poundtrader1414 as long as he's giving them money they love him, but FYI most of the world is racist
@@waflletoast11 again, as long as he's happy
He is considered in bali as a not a truthful person. Fakes most of his social engagement. Creates fake content and so on .. but nobody does DYOR here. Consuming without reading 📖 the details. Lol 😂
I am sitting here grinning over the fact that he mentioned "Go-Jek", one of the most successful Indonesian digital companies. Thanks for casting him and sharing what his life has been like in Bali. Appreciate the positive messages :)
This brother is crushing it! We have very similar mindsets. Business and global minded. And living the life he envisioned for himself and not what his parents envisioned for him. Inspiring! 👊🏼
Oooo goodness. Imagine if black Americans DID get reparations? It'd be a few thousands of dollars i'd say. But imagine because then all of these countries, Canada included, would be boosting all these commercials of trying to get black people over there. They'd sell it very well too with the beauty, the racial history being different for black people there than America, etc. It would be wild to see.
He said he was a person of color lol
@@mikejall3644 He's right because the words "black, African American" etc is a construct, created by racist people to separate us and put a negative label on us so people would avoid us, like a plague.
@@marlak4203 If you come to Indonesia don’t go over there with the American mindset of racism. Being black in Indonesia has a different meaning than in the U.S. it’s more akin to being dark than actually black. The racism really isn’t that bad and is more like if you’re from eastern Indonesia you’re more looked down upon. People are also more tribist than racist. Indonesians don’t really have a concept of race and more of a concept of tribes.
@@Un4rceable thank youuuu. Exactly. You put it better than i could. Racial issues over in some other countries are NOT the same way as here. Like in New Zealand, if im correct, their "black" people are totally NOT the same kind of black people in America. Lol. I was really really amazed. But you are very right, people don't realize to make it over there and REALLY get to know the country you have to not only know the language (or be with someone who does) you have to adjust to the customs and get your native country way of thinking out of it when dealing with issues there. You have to learn how to switch. When issues come up in the foreign land it isn't always about your gender, race or sexuality. I want to say in other nations how they view transsexuals and other matters like that over there are very different than the American version of it, if im correct.
Seeing him grounded and happy, physically, emotionally, and mentally makes me happy af💯great video of someone living their best life✅DON'T LET LIFE PASS YOU BY🙏🏿
This is what they don't want from us. The key for America to be what it is to keep Black citizens in a state of chaos. Brother mam is doing it.
it's everyone's dream to live a fulfilled, happy life
This is a wonderful story. I feel nothing but pride and love for this man. Glad he's found a beautiful place to live and enjoy all life can offer. Respect
Really? Pride and love both! From a 5 minute video..
this lets me know that there is more to live than hustling working & paying bills
For an American making American dollars living in Bali. Its like heaven. For Indonesian living in Bali, it is hustle and bustle and working and paying bills.
I'm sure he's still hustling.....you don't make that coin if you don't.......but he has his hustle down.....cool
I feel peace already everytime I walk out of the airplane in Bali’s airport. Never feel the same anywhere else in the world. The Balinese should share their secrets to this peaceful feeling to others around the world.
unfortunately a very unsettling feeling when departing :(
It's just the Asian culture. We're a very meek, short, non aggressive people so it puts you at ease.
Yoga
rather not share the secret
Thanks for the kind words🙏.
I’m 65, my husband is terminally ill, and his $3 million estate will go to his son. I want to spend the rest of my days traveling - will I have enough money
Just a suggestion: instead of "waiting on the phone for hours" to speak with a Social Security Admin rep who may or more likely may not understand the intricacies of surviving spouse benefits and the timelines for same, call the SSA appointment line and make an appointment for an in-person meeting at a local SSA office. Accurate information is much more likely to be delivered there. I speak from two personal experiences with nearly disastrous incorrect information from SSA in applying for divorced spouse benefits and then obtaining survivor benefits when my ex passed shortly thereafter. May have to try several times for that in-person appointment as due to the pandemic SSA local offices are very short staffed. It's still worth the effort!
Take $1.5 mil and invest in reasonably safe dividend paying stocks and bonds you should easily be able to receive annual dividends in the 5% range with very little risk. Ifyou are willing to accept a little more risk you should easily be able to increase that to 20%. That would generate annual income of between $150,000 to $300,000 annually without touching your principle. Add this to your $20,000 you currently receive and you have an annual income well north of $100,000 easily. How far north depends on the level of risk you are willing to accept and how much you draw down from your principle annually. Sounds to me like you are in very good shape financially, far ahead of the majority, and should easily be able to do some traveling if that is where your priorities lie.
I’m jealous, I need some guidance please. Lately I've been considering buying dividends stocks for retirement. I have set asides $400k but somewhere along the line, I get cold feet maybe because I'm a rookie and have no idea what I'm doing.
@@alinaally6048 Diversify your portfolio, control your investment fees, stay invested for the long term, and practice financial responsibility. I’ve been investing for over 10 years and the best advice I have found comes from Karen Marie Emma who has several free and nominal cost services. Through her you can get strategies designed to address your unique long-term goals and financial dreams.
This woman obviously needs help with her financial dealings, and she has more than most. This is a good reason finance’s should be kept separate even at an older age. At 50 something we went to rework our will with a good estate lawyer. We had almost everything in joint accounts except our retirement accounts. Because I had so much more in my account he suggested our house get transferred to my wife only to keep what each owned balanced. We have done that, married 51 years my retirement account is larger but her taxable account is larger. I own a checking account with her on the account and she owns a checking account with me on it our emergency saving account at the bank is joint. If one of us passed away the survivor could live life without the saving of the other.
You're happiness is all that matters. Glad he found his
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started. Check it out it could be interesting 😊
He’s absolutely right! Good for him, for being transparent & realistic. I love love Bali Indonesia. I stayed there for a few months a few times.Merindukanmu Indonesia 🥲
Wow amazing! You can tell he doesn't have a care in the world. A simple but fruitful life. The most important part is he is surrounded by peace! It's golden
A rare insight to a Bali digital nomad who actually has something to say and is not just in love with himself holding a selfie stick on a scooter. Refreshing.
i love that he is on an investor visa... giving back to the local economy rather than working there and not ...i don't know how to explain it... read about "Kristen Gray" who with her girlfriend were working in bali on a tourist visa... not paying any income taxes to Indonesia... only the US and they wrote an ebook about it.
and bching about suffering rcst treatment lol
I’m tired of living in America I don’t feel valued here at all and there’s no sense of peace here Bali has been on my mind I love how peaceful it looks I really hope to make it out of America 🙏🏾
I’ve lived around the world including 16 years in Asia. I love Bali, but for me the downside of Bali is that it’s extremely busy all time and the areas where you are likely to live are extremely densely populated. A motorcycle is fine but when you have a family and need a car you run into the problem that parking in Bali is a nightmare. I did find the friendliest and most trusting people I have ever met in Bali, but the tourists there can be extremely disrespectful to locals and continuous drunk and I’ll behaved tourists get very annoying after a while. However, if it works for you then that’s great.
I wonder if Bali will ever fully recover from covid and if the crowds will ever return or at least for a while. I'm kind of hoping not because I want to move there and while I want enough people to have fun and be friends with I don't want it to be crazy all the time.
@@SomethingSomethingg the bogan not return yet their govt still contain them to go abroad so you safe for a while.
u can find that case in every asian country
Many foreigner took Balinese kindness for granted.
If u look beyond the busy hilly billy of Bali which is any place other than Kuta, Canggu and Ubud, there are many many more place in Bali than those place that contain many interesting hidden gems. Many foreigners did that and live away from it. Try ask around, the farther you go you'll see.
Well done to you!!
We live in Australia and have been to Bali 6 times, Aussies love Bali, the people, culture, food, nature and Balinese spirit ❤
@K Kelly
LGBT Aussie's like myself don't! Because if you are LGBT..they can deport you..as they have done before to others. No thanks. Plenty of other cheap and civilized places to go to where you are respected no matter who you love!
@@Nightbird. sorry to hear this. Not good.
Im from bali. But i have working for 3 years in Turkey because i dont get good job in Bali, I am here to support my 2 daughters study in university in Bali
Where u live now
Hi I'm Indonesian and I'm happy you love Bali. For those thinking of moving/going there, here are some honest reason why you may not want to:
- People from countries with stronger currencies drive prices up, rendering the locals a harder time purchasing daily items.
- Olumide moved partly because of the nicer non-racist Indonesian. In my experience, racism is still there although to a lesser degree.
- The last reason is more of a suggestion. Visit other places, people go to Bali just because a lot others do, but the whole country is literally one huge Bali.
Cheers, hope this give you more perspective.
Hi Thadeo, is there another regions/locations you would recommend for someone who must have a car?
No, old Indonesia was Bali but modern Indonesia is closer to the desert of the Middle East. Bali preserves what ancient Indonesia/Nusantara used to be before Islam came and change the culture and stop almost all artistic creations. Outside of Bali, I can not live a peaceful life. The Adzan and Islamic Prayers are so NOISY. And the culture outside Bali is not so diverse. The dances, music, paintings, sculptures are of the olden days.
Indonesia nearly stopped creating native arts after the Islamic Conquest.
@@jacksableng4775 So you're saying islam should never came to indonesia because of it shift many cultural aspect? Just build your own time machine then and go back to the time where islam hasnt arrive so you can live peacefully there. You can also had an option to relocate yourself where there is no islam in an area. As simple as that.
Little tips for you, if you really annoyed about adzan, just go to your local community leader in your area and tell them about your concern. Have a discussion, if you wanna make the adzan not to be echoes, tell them. Get agreement done. That was real Indonesian culture is, musyawarah. Just act instead of barking, it wouldnt solve your problem.
@@nurdadone4063 Indonesia before Islam is a Huge Bali; full of cultures, dancing, booze, and nudity Lol. All those things which are beautiful are Musrik and Syrik according to Islam. Bali is actually a Haram place, nudity, pork and alcohol are everywhere... Yet is so much more peaceful than a Halal world.
Adzan will remain an Islamic declaration of conquest scourging and superimposing local cultures.
@@jacksableng4775 lol if that's what you're into, try Jakarta. Night life is vibrant and the cost is not much diff. SCBD area especially is looking more and more like Manhattan.
I'm a Balinese and It's good to see that he had better times in Bali. The story is inspiring. I also like it he respected the locals. But the phrase "I live better in Bali than I did in the US" is sounds like gentrification to me. I don't know, he probably said he made $140.000/year it means he made 2 billion Rupiah and he can live whatever the way he likes in Bali. On the contrary, most of Balinese people is on minimum wage. I also have a local friend that currently working in the US and he would say that he'd be pretty much like the life he made in the US because you know, the value of the money is significantly different.
The grass always looks greener on the other side.
Its the purchasing power parity
Ye, this is also his niche or many other nomads. They want to paint a beautiful picture, so they can sell it back to people in the States.
money and many others things were left out of this, if he didnt run his online established business he would find it difficult, an american who just graduated college may find it tough to come find work in bali that pays enough to give them a nice lifestyle, its not easy to just go pick up and move to bali because of the money factor, sure if you have lots of money already you can live nice, on 140K USD a year you can live nice almost anywhere though......
....he also said he had other homes e.g. Caribbean
Very good breakdown brother. Thanks for sharing. I am originally from Mexico, but have lived my whole life in California. I recently just moved to Arizona and bought land here. With no family and friends. I’m truly considering just getting out of the United States and either going back to Mexico (Baja California) or Bali. Lots of things to think about and consider. Your video absolutely helps. Thank you.
I love watching black people abroad and prospering ✨✨✨✨
Nigerian immigrants to the US are the most economically successful of any recent immigrant group and I am a first generation Indian in the US giving recognition and respect to a wonderful entrepreneurial people. People think we are the most highly educated but it is Nigerians, look it up. Loved this episode and good luck.
That’s true! Nigerian immigrants are educated, mostly in top positions and economically successful in the US
Coming from Albania alone, I found peace with Nigerians. They're great people with a passion for community. I left the US, but their kindness remains in my heart.
And it's proof that "white supremacy" doesn't exist in the USA. Literally over a dozen non-White ethnic groups outperform Whites economically and have even lower incarceration rates etc
@@hamishcarter8982 Hm sir/Ma’am. Check your facts. We are talking about Immigrant groups here, Not blacks and whites. The black and white racial/ wealth gap is still very much high. We still live under the white supremacy construction. Segregation, discrimination, systematic inequality, racial injustice etc all these are still very much ALIVE!
@@patiencevirtue_ since when we're "whites and blacks" the only people in the US you friggin dolt. Asians are 7% of the US population and Hispanics nearly 18%. But whatever, enjoy your cherry picking arguments
Met this guy like 3 years ago. Dudes a legend
This is amazing! Nigerian living in Canada right now and he is living the dream. Congrats Olumide
Looking for houses in Bali ha ha
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started. Check it out it could be interesting 😊
@Marriot: And you're living the nightmare thanks to TURDeau.
This video melted my heart. I love seeing our black brothers and sisters thriving for the best. Let’s all remember that all humans matters. Great one young man💕🙏🏽
I was sad to hear he did not feel more welcomed in the US, but not surprised, along with the complications of being foreign born. It's awkward for kids for moving from another school, or state. Fortunately it's a big welcoming world out there. He shows what's possible. Be well.
I love Bali. It's like a second home for me. And I love that he's found a place where being a poc is not a negative thing. I'm a poc and I'm hoping one day to retire in Bali.
I live in Bali and it had been the best experience so far in my life. The food , the weather and the people are just a good experience. I moved here from China Hongkong city and I love it
I’m not going to lie to you. I want to live the digital nomad lifestyle bad. I’m currently at an office job and life seems so uneventful. I don’t even care about the money I just want to flexibility and the experiences
Do it. What’s stopping you…
@@brandonq5493 the most horrible things self doubt and the people around me telling me it’s unachievable…I know it’s achievable there’s a person staring in a TH-cam video about it, but that mental block is tough
@@EmeraldGamingNewz the haters come out of the woodwork, they don't want you to succeed man. Just go for it.
@@EmeraldGamingNewz Get away from those people. You are your environment.
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they formatierend. Check it out it could help :)
i'm indonesian living in jakarta. i have a belgian friend living in bali for almost 8 years now. he doesnt want to leave.
when i had vacation to bali, he, a white belgian, took me around. made me feel like i was the tourist in my own country
Loser negara barat pindah ke negara berkembang buat hidup enak.
Bali is beautiful and unbelievably cheap! We were there for our honeymoon. Gotta say though, this idea is great if someone is single or in a relationship without kids. We'd personally struggle to see how we'd move to Bali with our 2 kids. But absolutely love to see that Olumide is living it up there. It's amazing 🙌🏾
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What kind of struggle? The kids? Kids will adapt faster and better than you. Other benefit for them is learning other culture, language, etc that will broaden their mind and eyes to see the world better.
im here with 1 soon to be 2 kids. All good here
Homeschooling if that's okay for your kids and rent a villa with 2 bedrooms and pool as well as garden. The price range from 10k USD until the luxury ones for 15k+ a year.
Bali has big expats community with many nationalities.
I'm a military brat, and I currently work for the federal government. I enjoy moving around. But I always let people know, living in and visiting a place are two different things.
The most important factor in enjoying visiting another country is how welcomed you feel by the native population.
90% of the crime committed in the U.S. is committed by what race?
@@meismax Race is a social construct.
Yes I totally understand why he chose to live in Bali🌴 I lived in abroad for 10 years and moved back to Japan now🇯🇵 Life is beautiful. We only love once. Live life to the fullest🌏
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I’ve been to Bali and it’s amazing. It’s actually much more expensive than the rest of Indonesia. Indonesia in general is an awesome country to visit.
for accomodation and food bali is cheaper than other big city actually, because there are so many hotel vilas,resaturant etc. created a business competition which ultimately makes the price more affordable
I have to had it to my bucket list!
If you go to fancy vegan restaurants it's inevitable pricey
But if go to warung or Padang with many locals it's affordable
@@YODSart it depends on your life style btw
$25k a year to live, in a no kitchen 500sq ft apartment, albeit nice, seems awfully expensive for Asia.
I travelled to Indonesia in November 2000. It’s one of my favorite countries. I had the same experience regarding the hospitality of the people. I made friends during that trip that I still have today.
Nigerians mahn, we killing it anywhere, making those good decisions on a daily, so proud🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
I’m not so proud of it. I rather would have Nigerians related to truthfully ideals, instead of lies. As longer the lies stays true as bigger the hate will be at the end when people realize it’s all fake what he is saying about himself and his lifestyle.
@@onlinework5290 I try to focus on the positives, there's already enough negatives surrounding our country, I cheer those trying to do better and good amidst the bad. Stay positive, because you attract the energy you give off.
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started. Check it out it could be interesting 😊
I get calls from you guys every day.
We no dey carry last 💅🏽🇳🇬
The purpose of moving to a new country is to make a contribution to that country, in particular its people. If you are doing this then that’s great. If you moved to Bali simply because it’s cheaper then that is not so great.
In what book of Civics did you read and assimilate such folly?
That’s your purpose. Thank you for sharing
@@crackerjackB There are only two purposes to life.
1. To live peacefully.
2. To live usefully.
Let us know if you think there are any other purposes to life?
@@yogawithandy really? Just two hmm...and when did you decide this?
@@davidpayne423 I was once on a meditation retreat in Thailand. The question was asked. “What is the meaning of life”. The presiding monk said that he did not know. Nor his teacher, he said. However, the monk said that his teacher had told him that there are two purposes to life. So, if you know more than the teacher of a Buddhist monk then feel free to enlighten us all with your list.
We have the same goals… so far I have a place in Belize, getting a place in Portugal and currently researching a place here in Bali. Love it here!
Please don't, there are enough of your kind here already.
Nothing like Happiness and a Peace of Mind and he seems to have Both. Kudos to him. Happy for Him For Sure!!
You miss the money part. Happiness and peace goes out the door if you are starving and there is no roof above your head. Did you miss the part where he was actually counting his money. I've seen lots of happy loving relationships got ruined when reality sets in that you actually need money.
Olumide great to listen to a happy spirit. I am 74 years on this earth trip. I was born a Sicilian in 1947, I experienced race hate or
being called names everywhere growing up in America. Made me have mixed up anger, sadness, and I felt segregated and looked down on. My parents named me Jerome which back then was a name black people used but most white-skinned were john, bill Pete, bob, etc. I finished school headed to Mexico where I was accepted and worked hard hours low pay but happier. Twenty years later I headed to Bali on the advice of a lot of Canadian ex-pats. I been here 32 years of beauty, happier moments than I can describe. People are unique wonderful god family friends and money is last on the list.
I went back to America after a half-century, wish I had not it is a cesspool of anger, ego, competition, hatred, and drug problems with third world infrastructure. Sad but made me so happy to get home to Bali. Love to run into to you for a lunch someday my treat
although your good financially. I got stories of before they had white bread or hotels and we slept in village banjars traveling all Bali and Indonesia. Pak Jerry Never leave you been blessed to be here.
Congrats to you!! We also left the U.S. and live in Paraguay and experience the same happiness and PEACE!😁😁🌴🌴🌴🌹🌹
This is so spot on! Bali is such a peaceful and hospitable place. The love is felt immediately after you step foot on the soil.
This is great! Create the life you want for yourself despite what anyone thinks or says. At the end of the day, you have to be happy with your decisions. I’m glad you feel valued now as a person. God is so good!
I am so grateful for that. It brought tears to my eyes. Bali is where I want to retire. I currently live in a tent with my dog. I have never been able to afford a home so for pretty much my whole adult life I have been either renting a room, or sleeping on the street or living in my car or in a tent. This May I start school for web design so I can become a digital nomad. In two years I want to get into real estate. And then two years later head off to Bali. I've always choice Bali cause it's seems so peaceful and I keep hearing it affordable. And being a black woman from the South it's even better cause it's more accepting. That is my plan and I am going to watch this everyday for motivation. I appreciate u sharing this and keeping people out there like me hopeful. Thank u.
I hope u get better circumstances asap but please don't move permanently to our country, be mindful to our the locals who are more likely to be at disadvantages because of gentrification. Please only visit for vacation only, we don't want to be another hawaii.
I really hope you can make it come true
we’re rooting for you! good luck
@@skye-en1hc You're about to have a lot of black people who can't hold a job and want to get your women pregnant and leave them, lol
You run a successful business, in Bali! That’s a perfect combo, and you’re so blessed. Bali is such an amazing place 😍
Way to go Olu!! So happy to see you represent the digital nomad community on this platform!🙌
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started. Check it out it could be interesting 😊
I am a senior African American woman who has studied much about INDONESIA. I would like to ask if you have ever visited the island of FLORES. which is quite different from either Java or Bali? Since my field is Music, what interests me is their music has elements of the AFRICAN Diaspora,tracing it primarily to the 200+ yrs. of Portuguese influence (aka, colonization!), which included crew members from the Luso Diaspora of Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola and Mozambique. How many of these crew members may have found refuge in Flores, as well as the rest of Nusa Tenggara (eastern Indonesia) has yet to be explored. Also, the recent influences of Reggae and Rap may have some influence as well. I am now a senior with a disability, but it would be a great project to investigate!
Hi, please do not take what I typed for the truth. Before I present my knowledge about thing that you might ask, mainly, Indonesia is loosely divided ethno-culturally into 3 main partitions, there are the western part, which were predominantly has Malay-javanese sub culture, the center, that has kinda grey and mixed culture , and lastly the eastern part, which includes flores, moluccas and papua, these ethno-cultural division is also well reflected in the preference of their music genre. And I could firmly say, no, to the guess you had made. These eastern indo people, their choice and preference of reagge or rap or the genre of similar type were not ultimately caused by the influence of colonialism, even papuan or moluccan, which were not colonized directly or had extensive relation with the portugese, tend to prefer reggae or rap genre more than pop or any other music genres. it was not necessarily caused by international migration in thr span of 200yrs, it is more like a subtle inclination of their youngster and newest preference which were shifting from traditional musics and cultures to the more internationally recognized ones. so, basically speaking, in my humble opinion regarding this matter, it was just a subtle and natural human preferencial choice of art that was reflected over the majority of a community, which was brought mainly by the ever reaching hand of globalization.
even the flores itself had not been fully occupied by the portugese prior to the dutch arrival.
I've been to Flores. They didn't look black, and I don't think they'd take it well if you went in and tried to blackwash their culture, especially as a foreigner
This is my dream. I hope to achieve this type of freedom in my job where I can just move to Bali or Thailand and live there
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started. Check it out it could be interesting 😊
THAILAND will NOT give you a ELITE VISA or RETIREMENT VISA if you from POOR AFRICAN COUNTRY!
I moved to Ecuador 2 years ago and live here comfortably on 1100 a month..I love it here!!!
Do you live in Vilcabamba?
@@lemurianchick no I live in Cuenca
That’s where I’ll be living one day and I’m so serious I been researching on Bali all the time and I just love it
He looks so happy and living his best life! Someday I would also like to relocate from Canada to a sunny destination! This is definitely inspiring!
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started. Check it out it could be interesting 😊
and people from developing countries want to move to developed countries for better income better lifestyle
@@AlexsCreatorEconomy quit with your comment. You're like an annoying ads bot.
I moved to the philippines from the US
Go to malaysia,thailand,vietnam,cambodia or philippines.
Nice video with great content. I’m born and raised a U.S. Citizen and I am moving out of the country to Mexico on May 1st. You are so on point about the money. To be comfortable and prosperous, one needs to make sure they have steady and reliable income along with budgeting that income to sustain a healthy quality of life. Not a good idea to be broke, homeless and hungry in a foreign country.
To what part of Mexico if I may ask
Even moving to a small town from any big city is almost 50% savings. Also, stress reduces considerably. But again it's how you manage it. Many can be unsuccessful as they don't have a plan.
Happiness and Peace is priceless. Glad you finally get to experience that with the move to Bali. Great video.
Truly love that he flexes in those silk/satin threads and prioritizes taking care of himself. Go King, go!
Nice tips. I still need clarification, when on traffic light do shift to park or leave it on drive and leg on the brake? A friend told me that putting leg on the brake automatically disengage the transmission until you release leg on the brake and it engage back automatically.
I absolutely loved Bali. I visited for 2 weeks with my travel group. The people are so accommodating friendly and generous. I'd love to go back.
I love the realness in this video. It's so true that you must, must, must take care of yourself and inner life in order to be receptive to connecting with others. We're you able to begin creating a community of friends for yourself? For me, that is the defining aspect of my happy place. Unfortunately, I have not found that here in the US.
As a single man with no kids to support.. you can have a nice life just about anywhere in the world if you make 140k a year.
It's wonderful to see a brother living his best life outside of where he grew up.An excellent preparation is while you are in college to spend a year abroad.Most US Universities have such programs.You can study languages that will put you ahead for making the transition to living overseas.
I did it 40 years ago, but was always amazed how few of us took advantage of the opportunity.I am now 25 years overseas and retired abroad.Just like thousands of whites who retire to Asia or Mexico or Europe or South America,you can do it also and live better for a fraction of the costs in the US.
Good luck with expanding your horizons and livings your best lives!
He is no brother from Bronx or Compton!
I used to travel to Asia for business twice a year. Bali is always my final destination before heading home. Like any city, there are good people and bad people. Just make sure you flock with the right people. And if you are in Bali looking for drugs and girls, you will get it where the sun don't shine.
Wow! I love this interview! So amazing to see how life compares in different countries. Blessings🙏🏽
if you're kind of broke in Bali, you'd know and have time to sort it out
if you're kind of broke in the US, you'd be homeless in no time
Yup, lol! 😁
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started! 😌
Even a scummy motel in the U.S. is $90 a night. Ridiculous
20 min flight from Bali there’s the sister island of Lombok, much much more less crowded, a a more naturally diverse gem island with stunning nature and white sandy beaches. Lombok is set to become a very hot location for digital nomads and tourists, especially now, thanks to the MotoGP circuit they’ve just built. There are few companies that are helping with relocation in Indonesia, based on your budget and/or needs. The most famous and well reviewed is invest Islands, they even offer an eco village with international schools ands medi-clinic.
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Aye great piece and very informative. Shout out Make It crew and Olumide for sharing this!!! 💯
So cool that this was uploaded within an hour of when I decided to start looking at rental properties in Bali! I'm taking it as a sign!
We have handful of house to sell.
If you are interested
dont second guess, go all in.
Oh god another gentrifying westerner coming in...
Omg!! Just looking up Bali airbnb to stay for 3-9 months. You are an inspiration.
Congrats! You are thriving and happy! Keep it up!!!!!! Loved hearing this story
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started. Check it out it could be interesting 😊
More people should look into living abroad to retire as well. You don't have to live in an expensive city, especially with everyone working from home these days.
@@AlexsCreatorEconomy stop spamming
Don’t come back to the America when there’s a war or something is happening with the country.
I can really relate from 1:00 to 1:35. Feeling valued as a human being is one key to better quality of life.
Moving to an other country is always good to learn and accept changes....
Yes but stay in your own country.
@@user-wm2tw disgusting mindset
Looking to live the digital nomad life myself. You’re an inspiration ✨
I like that he is single and on his own he has nobody but himself… respect ✊
I'm glad he's found a way to live his best life! Bali sounds great.
He looks so happy!!! Good for him! This is good satisfactory living!
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started. Check it out it could be interesting 😊
What an incredible video. I love how he said that when your wellness is up, your business gets better.
In an ironic way the opportunity to for him to live abroad came from America. a place that he felt treated him like less than a human at times Although simultaneously enabled him with the tools and education to do what he is doing. A price to pay? I’m not sure but I can relate . The duality, the yin an yang in life is so real, peace is unknown without chaos. man cannot survive on bread alone and life can never be understood though the material aspects of this world.
Indeed.
Hi bro,, welcome to be part of Paradise Soul, l love to hear that you'wr enjoy stay and live on Bali, hope you had a lot of friends now !! l am a Balineess guy but had been live in Jakarta sinced 1995 . I would love go back and live in Paradise in a very soon time.. hope we can catching up for coffee in my lovely village at the foot of Batukaru mountain Tabanan, l'll be more than happy to invite you come up to the Mountain. See you soon Bro...!!
I am from Bali, and Thank you Sir for living in Bali and enjoy it. 🙏
🙌🏾 having the opportunity to live and experience different cultures around the world is truly enriching.
I left the USA 16years ago and still loving it. All the best and safe travels.
Im happy to see how beautiful Bali and how the ppl are so friendly... good to see the honest reviews too.. ☺️
I just hope in long run, bali wont be overrun by foreigners buying up lands and left the balinese who has been there generations with scraps or low income/ jobs.
In the long run? It's already been happening
Foreigners cannot own a land in Indonesia.
@@ItsTheAlfaa lmao corruption is rampant in Indonesia, that's no problem if you have money or just use a third party
@@mistertaxi2011 still not possible. No law in Indonesia that says foreigners can own a piece of land. If they do it through a third party, still the land isn't theirs, it's the third party's land and at any time that third party can break contract with the foreigners and leave them with nothing because the land isn't theirs. No amount of money can get u a piece of land in Indonesia written under your name. If anyone says they can help u get it, it's a f ing scam.
@@ItsTheAlfaa oh sure I know third party can't be trusted, I'm a local myself. But like I said, corruption run rampants that some foreigner maybe could bribe local government to buy property.
This is beautiful! I love that he’s able to live the life imagined.
Iam so Happy for him,, it looks very peaceful
that "live of luxury" on the cheap you're enjoying is at the cost of the locals working overtime being paid less than a third of your minimum wage back in the states, averaging around $150 per month
That's not his problem. What's your point? Him being there is putting money in their pocket.
@@ClaxtonBay123 it is his problem because he is ignorant
Dont be jealous. That's not his problem. He cant carry a whole country's issues on his shoulders. Smh
They'd be worse off if he wasn't there, bringing in US$ from his clients worldwide. He's actually transferring wealth to them from richer countries and individuals globally.
Their costs are low I'm pretty sure also. The income is related to costs of housing etc. Of course if too many come prices for real estate etc. will get pushed up.
Living abroad changes your perspective. I wish everyone has the opportunity...do it if you can!
I am based in bali and I’ve uploaded a couple of videos on how digital nomads make money and how they got started.
I already am. 😁
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