Comments on: Cost of Living Chart – Bali (in Rupiah, Dollar and Euro)

By: marta

marta — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:59:29 +0000

Hey there!

Could someone please recommend the best- price-wise airlines that fly between Singapore and Denpasar.
Thanks,

Marta

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:23:38 +0000

AJHInter and Jurgen, thanks for helping out Mekdad. All replies are welcome of course, don’t be afraid of talking over here! As long as it can help for other to form a better opinion, contributions are very well appreciated.

By: Jurgen

Jurgen — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:30:00 +0000

Mekdad, this entirely depends upon your understanding of how to party. If it means to get drunk in a club then the math is quickly done: except a few time-limited special offers in some clubs, consider that a small beer will cost you between 30-70K per bottle depending on the club you choose. A cocktail will put you down between 50K-100K, again depending on the location.
You’ll probably be best off choosing a club near a 24h supermarket where you can “refill” yourself between dancing sessions

By: Mekdad

Mekdad — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:41:32 +0000

So I can’t party even once a week if my budget for living expenses is only 400 USD?

By: AJHInter

AJHInter — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:56:36 +0000

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By: AJHInter

AJHInter — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:51:47 +0000

Mekdad
I am sure you can survive on 200 USD evan on 100 USD if you are really good. If you want to see some culture maybe a visit to Jawa could be eye opening, and will be cheaper than Bali, I have a house in Kesamben with my wife its near Blitar and Malang in east jawa things there are very indonesian I only see western people once in a while when i am there. But all are very friendly and generous i like fishing in jawa many people have there own fish farm and let me fish for free, normally i get a fish every 2mins then we fry them and have a party, I feel like a part of the society and its good fun. I drive to Bali alot to get some western culture now and then, the roads are slow not like my home place which is germany if I drive 400 KM i need 3-4hrs in Indo I need 17 hrs but its all good fun if you like motorbikes and finding your way around.

By: Jurgen

Jurgen — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:28:09 +0000

Hi Ced, AJHinter is completely right, you can easily find a so-called Koskosan, which is basically just a small room for as low as 250K IDR nearly everywhere in Bali. These rooms usually lack of bathroom and kitchen which are outside and shared with others. For a little more (500K-800K) you can find them even in the main tourist areas and with private bathroom and kitchen. Just consider that the average income of a worker here is about 1 million IDR/month and they can live from that and maybe even send some money to their families. Obviously you won’t be able to ever see a Restaurant from the inside or having a beer in the evening if you would like to live on that amount, but it’s definitely possible… ;)

By: Mekdad

Mekdad — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:12:35 +0000

Thank you AJHInter for the reply. No, I am not doing some kind job experiance or apprenticeship. I study International Hospitality and Hotel Managment in Stenden University – Qatar. Our university has the main campus in Holland, one in South Africa, one in Thailand, and another in Bali. My plan is to do the last two years in Bali. I love to explore new cultures and locations. I have lived in Hungary for almost 6 years, and living expenses for me were around 350-450 USD per month. I lived in a nice one room apartment and enjoyed my live with that amount. That was from 1997-2003.
My budget is not more than 400 USD per month and I hope i can have a good life with that much there in Bali. I don’t look for luxarious accomodation and I dont dine in 5 star restaurants every single day. I dont use taxis and rent cars…
Anyways, Are you telling me that I still can survive with 200 USD/month??

By: Ced

Ced — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:13:28 +0000

Hey AJHinter,

Rent for as little as 300k IDR a month??? Did you mean 300 USD a month instead ? (since mekdad was asking about living with 400 USD / month)

If not, I would be very interested how/where to find such a deal hehe

By: AJHInter

AJHInter — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:31:23 +0000

Hi mekdad,
If you are doing some kind of job experience in a Hotel or Apprenticeship in Bali then you will be entitled to eat at the hotel for free this is the main tradition in Indo that the boss must feed and look after his staff, if thats not the situation you should find another hotel, anyway, if you need to rent and live on 400 a month it is not so hard, you can rent for as little as 300 000 IDR a month, also eating on the street stalls is very cheap if you keep away from the tourist areas Bakso can be sold at 6000 IDR and Nasi Goreng around 5-8000 water is 1000 a liter so if you say you want to live and still have some money over at the end of the month you should calculate your low budget at 100 USD for food, 40 USD room rent, water 20 USD, Washing articles, health 60 USD
For 200 USD its possable. but you must know your way around and be strict with the budget.