Picture From Kelingking Beach, in Nusa Penida
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Beautiful spot for watching sunsets Sayan Point
Visitor / Working Visas
Visitor Visa (Tourist Visa): Usually valid for 30 days, extendable for another 30 days. Costs approximately $35 USD.
Social Visa: Valid for 60 days and can be extended up to 6 months. Requires a sponsor in Indonesia. The initial cost is around $50 USD.
Working Visa (KITAS): Requires a job offer from an Indonesian company. Costs vary but generally start from $1200 USD for one year.
Cost Of Living / Traveling Through
- 🧍Avg. Cost Of Living (For Single Adult) – Approximately $700 – $1,200 USD, depending on lifestyle and accommodation choice.
- 🏨 Avg. Price Per Night For Hotel Room (near city center) – $50 – $150 USD, I personally recommend Booking for hotel reservations.
- 🏩 Avg. Price Per Night For Hostel Dorm Room (near city center) – $10 – $20 USD, If you’re planning to stay in Bali as a digital nomad, here are the Top 10 Coliving Spaces in Bali you can book right now
- 🏡 Avg. Price for apartments (near city center) – $300 – $800 USD per month for a one-bedroom apartment.
- ☕️ Latte – Approximately $2 – $3 USD.
- 🍺 – .5 Liter Beer – Around $2 – $3 USD.
- 🏋️♀️ – Monthly Gym Membership – Around $30 – $60 USD.
- 🚊 – Local Transport – Avg. One Way Ticket Price – $0.30 – $0.50 USD
- 🍝 Avg. Dinner Price – $5 – $15 USD.
- 📱 – Avg. Data Plan Per Month – Around $10 – $20 USD for a decent plan, the only ESIM company I use is Airalo
- 🏢 – Avg. Cowork Per Month (near city center) – $100 – $250 USD.
Wifi Speed Tests
Read my guide to getting fast wifi anywhere in the world here
Co-Lives & Where I Stayed
A Map Of The Places I Stayed & Recommend
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Outpost Penestanan
- OVERALL – 4/5 – Pretty killer spot
- Affordability – 4/5 – Reasonable pricing, at the time of writing this, it’s ~$50 for a private room
- Wifi – 4/5 – The wifi is fast and stable enough for video calls without issue, however if there were any bandwidth issues you’d be in trouble. The top floor also has a cowork with dedicated wifi as well, so that’s always an option.
- Avg. Download Speed = 19.47 MBPS
- Avg. Upload Speed = 20.02 MBPS
- Avg. Latency = 67 MS
- Sense Of Community – 3/5 – I would say not a whole lot of community vibes at this spot. Admittedly, I wasn’t being super extroverted so it could’ve easily just been me
- Location – 5/5 – Pretty central Ubud, surrounded by cafe’s great restaurants, and a killer yoga studio across the street.
- Amenities (Kitchen, Pool, etc.) – 5/5 – Kitchen, pool, cowork, what more can you ask for?
- Cleanliness – 5/5 – Pretty dang clean and tidy
A quick video of the cowork area on the top floor of the colive
Places To Stay – Honorable Mentions
This is a section where I’ll add hotels / places to stay at that I either didn’t stay at, or had a flaw that made me unable to recommend them completely.
Outpost Ubud – While this place is quite beautiful (see video above). It’s really, really quiet and there feels like there’s no sense of community, feels more like a nice complex of condos, rather than a hotel.
Kuna Bali – This place is actually right next door to Outpost Ubud, and it felt like people were having a great time over there! The only reason I don’t recommend it is because they only have dorm rooms. While I staying in a dorm room really made my time in Rome special, I’m a bit to old for the dorms now 😂
Bloooming Lotus Yoga – Stayed here for a week long yoga retreat, it was pretty killer. Read all about it here.An intro to why I went to Blooming Lotus For The Yoga Retreat
Co-Works & My Favorite Places To Work From
A Map of The Cafes & Co-works I Worked From
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Alchemy Cafe
- OVERALL – 4/5 – This was definitely my favorite place to work from in Ubud. Lots of people, I even ran into someone I had previously met in Medellin (see my guide to Medellin here).
- Wifi – 5/5 – Super fast wifi, you could easily do calls here (but there will be some background noise)
- Download Speed = 86.856 MBPS*
- Upload Speed = 26.734 MBPS
- Avg. Latency = 26 MS
- *Not sure what these metrics mean? Read my guide to getting fast wifi here.
- Service & Friendliness – 5/5 – The staff was super attentive and friendly. They were also totally cool with me camping out and working from there.
- Amount Of Outlets – 5/5– Plenty of outlets
- Amenities (Places to take calls, etc.) – 2/5 While there are lots of people working it doesn’t have any call booths or anything.
Yellow Flower Cafe
- OVERALL – 4/5 – Incredible view, and a long windy walk way to get there which was cool (see video of walkway below)
- Wifi – 4/5 – This was the fastest wifi I got at any cafe in Dominican Republic
- Download Speed = 22.7 MBPS
- Upload Speed = 10.2 MBPS
- Avg. Latency = 58 MS
- Service & Friendliness – 5/5 – The staff was super attentive and friendly. They were also totally cool with me camping out and working from there. The owners were very nice too, and super well travelled.
- Amount Of Outlets – 5/5– Some info on outlets
- Amenities (Places to take calls, standup desks etc.) – 2/5 – The ambiance is killer, I do have to say the location isn’t as prime as Cafe Conde. But as I mentioned, I’m partial to colonial plazas, so take that into consideration haha.
Places To Work From – Honorable Mentions
This is a section where I’ll add co-working places / places to work that I’ve heard a lot of good things about, I either didn’t make it to the place, or I went and personally didn’t like it. In service to you all, if the place seems to have enough buzz, I will still share it.A shot of Kopi Pangeran
Kopi Pangeran – Pretty cool interior design at this spot with solid wifi
KAFE – Not my favorite spot, but it had great wifi and was super busy.
Tellagang Rice Fields, beautiful spot. Not so great wifi, so I didn’t add it to my recommendations 😂
Finding Community / Making Friends / GIVING BACK
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There are a bunch of people working remote solo here, super easy to meet people. Just head to one of the dozens of cafe’s and you’ll surely meet folks, find Whatsapp Groups
GIVING BACK
Looking for an adventure? Head over to Viator, its pretty sweet!
Photo from the beautiful Ulun Danu Beratan Temple
Transportation
- Getting Around
- UBER – available
- For the adventurous type, renting a motorcycle is always a good time. But definitely can be dangerous, so be honest with yourself about your abilities.
Want to stay fit & eat healthy while traveling? Check out my guide to diet fitness while traveling here!
Drink Reviews W/ A Redneck From My Time Here
This is from my Drink Reviews W/ A Redneck Series. Which features me drinking and reviewing alcohol from around the world. Sometimes I’m with others, sometimes I’m by myself, sometimes I compare the drinks to romantic interests. Check it out!
This was a review of a local drink, Tuak which was super interesting beverage.
Exercise / Outdoors
Nature
Campuhan Ridge Walk
Hike that goes right through Ubud, despite this there is still lots of nature.
- Length – 3.7 km (2.2 miles)
- Elevation gain – 110 m (360 feet)
Video from a section of the hike
Tegallalang Rice Field
This is a larger loop in one of the prettier places I’ve been to in the world, you don’t have to do all of this but if you want to it’s pretty sweet.
- Length – 11.7 km (7.2 miles)
- Elevation gain – 426 m (1397 feet)
Jatiluwih Rice Terrace Loop
This place was super gorgeous, it’s a ways away so it takes some time to get up there but absolutely worth it.
- Distance – 3.7km (2.3 miles)
- Elevation Gain – 100 m (331 feet)
Video from Jatiluwih
Exercise
I didn’t do much gym stuff here, was mostly focusing on yoga
Ubud Yoga Center – This place was super beautiful with yoga classes of all levels.
Alchemist Yoga Center – Bit more expensive spot, but super cool place with a super interesting dome.
Gymnasium Bali – Sweet gym with daily rates
Hotel Tjampuhan Spa – This is a pretty badass spa to head to after working out
Want to stay fit & eat healthy while traveling? Check out my guide to diet fitness while traveling here!
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