Hello all, this website has not been updating for a while. I have been growing my YouTube channel Fleurdwi Cooking lately and paused writing for this blog. This is partially because of the current situation in the world. Moving forward I have created a new website containing recipes from my Cooking Channel. The new website … Read more
We visited the Bali Safari Marine Park for a family trip recently. This park was closed for several months because of the coronavirus pandemic. Steps were made to ensure the safety of both guests and staff. Despite the virus not showing any slowdown, we decided to go and take safety measures of our own. Read … Read more
It will be a while before we can all just go on vacation and visiting friends and family abroad. But we can still dream and hope to visit one or more of these countries someday. My own travel plans which I scheduled for October I simply canceled in order not to take any risk. This … Read more
It’s 2020, people haven’t been able to travel or go on vacation for a while now. It’s only a matter of when we can travel again, that’s when many first timers will visit Bali. It used to have hundreds of thousands of visitors each month, more than several millions a year. Every first-timer gasps in … Read more
The tourism returned and the business in Bali is Booming (a lot!) I am writing this in Septemner 2023 and this high season of tourism was surprisingly busy. With this comes more opportunities. People are looking for business opportunities. A way to earn an income and get by. Especially in Bali, a nice tropical paradise … Read more
First of all! Be safe and follow the local rules where you stay in Bali. Most of the tourist attractions have reopened. Read also the entry requirements for Bali and other parts of Indonesia. Now that we discussed this let’s check the perfect place for you. I am not going to take into account the … Read more
Indonesia has been exporting more furniture each year. The demand on a global scale for (hard) wood furniture is increasing. The country has a big availability in raw wood materials. They have 120.6 million hectares of forest and 12.8 million hectares of production forest. Besides having the raw materials, they also have skilled people. The … Read more
Having a website linking to another website helps in SEO. As the search engines crawl websites, they also crawl the links given in any article. I attended a conference in 2019 August in Bali where Gary Illyes, A Google Trends Analyst, was giving a talk. It started about buying backlinks as this was a popular … Read more
Last updated: 09-08-2023 The tax law from Indonesia makes alcohol consumption pretty costly. Especially on a tourist island such as Bali where beers, cocktails and spirits are drank often. Because of the costs involved, locals in Bali (and Indonesia) reinvented Arak, a local distilled drink. The alcohol percentage varies in the drink between 30% – … Read more
With social distancing and self-quarantine, some of us are eager to go outside and travel again. In a safe and cautious manner of course. But who will live up to the standard for safe travels? And which places can keep up with the coming changes that are required to be considered a safe place. I … Read more