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Sun 31st Oct: Lisbon 30
Wed 20th Oct: Dubai 7
Wed 20th Oct: Canggu 4
Thu 14th Oct: Lisbon 10
Sat 9th Oct: Paris 3
Sat 9th Oct: London 3
Sat 2nd Oct: Paris 3
Fri 1st Oct: Barcelona 14
Fri 1st Oct: Denver 3
Wed 29th Sep: Dubai 7
Sat 18th Sep: Istanbul 5
Wed 15th Sep: Dubai 5
Mon 13th Sep: Mexico City 7
Tue 7th Sep: Mexico City 12
Wed 1st Sep: Dubai 4
Fri 27th Aug: Canggu 9
Sat 14th Aug: Barcelona 4
Thu 12th Aug: Mexico City 7
Sun 8th Aug: Tbilisi 20
Sun 8th Aug: Dubai 4
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Canggu is a great place to live. Im a remote worker and have lived here for most of COVID and then some. In total Im thinking something like 20 of the last 24 months! It is brilliantly priced for someone with a steady income who wants their money to go far. I spent about $3,000 USD living like a king with a prime location villa, private chef, the most expensive gym and spa membership, and eating out at least 10 times a week.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 441$1,121 / mo23MbpsHonestly, this is an awesome place to be if you're actually trying to get work done. It's a bit of an older vibe than Canggu, and there's certainly a big chunk of yogi's kicking around โ but I liked it much better than Canggu and found it less pretentious. Plus, you can drive down there in 45mins whenever you want some beach or party vibes. As others mentioned, there's some great coworking spaces, cheap warungs, some really nice spots to stay cheaply if you go just outside of the mad tourist
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 38° 100° 30° 85°๐ฅตAQI 442$1,758 / mo13MbpsAs Canggu is filling up, people are moving Northwest-wards passing through Pererenan and Babadan and ending up in Munggu where it's still calm, with not much development.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 443$1,526 / mo14Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 37° 99° 30° 85°๐ฅตAQI 444$823 / mo4MbpsLombok definitely has the most amazing virgin beaches , waterfall, and marine life! Senggigi is just one of its many long white sand beaches and a lot of them are still waiting to be discovered. Not much of a party going on here, but if you are itching for one, just hope to a speed boat for 15 minutes and you will arrive in the wild gili trawangan. I was only staying for 4 days, then I fell in love . Been here for 6 months and counting.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ค Feels 34° 93° 29° 84°AQI 445$630 / mo8Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 37° 99° 30° 86°๐ฅตAQI 406$749 / mo17MbpsUluwatu is an amazing place, in my opinion way better than Canggu and even Ubud. Why? Thereโs not much traffic, beaches are amazing, thereโs a significant Brazilian/Portuguese community around which reflects in ethnic restaurants pretty good and affordable. Surf culture is present, so the laid back lifestyle. Maybe itโs hard to find an actual โhomeโ, I always prefer to stay in cheap guesthouses such as 3D Homestay, with a nice swimming pool. Enjoy the morning in the beach and catch the
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 31° 88° 28° 82°AQI 447$783 / mo9Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 448$623 / mo12Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 33° 91° 28° 83°๐ฅตAQI 419$932 / mo8Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ง Feels 32° 90° 27° 81°๐ฅตAQI 4110$746 / mo9Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 36° 97° 30° 85°๐ฅตAQI 4411$995 / mo10Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 43° 109° 33° 91°๐ฅตAQI 4112$686 / mo7MbpsThe city lacks footpaths in most areas. The air pollution is quite unbearable especially when you walk to go around or riding motorbikes. Petrol sold here only met the Euro 3-4 emission standard. Most vehicles on the road do not meet the minimum emission standard. The locals burn their rubbish which includes burning plastic. Everywhere is pretty much the rubbish bin for many locals. Infrastructures are not well maintained. Definitely not a picturesque city except for the trees planted in city ce
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 42° 108° 33° 92°๐ฅตAQI 4413$821 / mo8Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ง Feels 38° 100° 30° 86°๐ฅตAQI 1514$733 / mo8MbpsGili Air is a wonderful tropical island with good enough internet, amazing beaches and affordable accommodation and food. The locals are super friendly and it's super safe. There is a party and live music every night for those that feel like socialising(with the exception of Thursday nights). There's a well equipped gym, Salsa dancing Night every Monday at the schick-kitsch mexican restaurant, stand up paddle, lots of wonderful yoga shalas, kite surfing, snorkelling, diving and lots of food opti
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 34° 93° 29° 85°AQI 4415$984 / mo10Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 37° 99° 30° 86°๐ฅตAQI 4416$635 / mo9MbpsJogja is good for me, all the air quality and religious stuff is true. It is also very 'dirty' and chaotic, which most westerners probably wouldn't like.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 40° 104° 31° 87°๐ฅตAQI 4017$822 / mo10MbpsI've been living in Semarang for about 6 months at this point. Living at the "Candiland Apartment" which is reasonably priced 2.5 million - 3.5 million rupiah per month. Great view of the city. It's hot here. Usually like 35+ degrees. The beach is all industrial. Usually a lot of traffic. In the southern part of the city there are some small hills which are cool but to go anywhere with nice air, cool temperatures and big mountains it's at least an hour south. Sometimes the locals will give you a
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 43° 109° 33° 91°๐ฅตAQI 4018$757 / mo9MbpsTo be honest, as an English man with no use of Indo Bahasa, I've got no chance (like the last chance saloon) in finding an English speaking human..unless it Hiya, Hello, How are you, language is totally useless unless you know sign and body expressions! And that Works! Point to the food in the picture on the wall, have small cash in you pocket (and bigger cash stored away out of sight) You buy food in the picture and only get half of what you saw! Yer, It happens like Shx.all the time where eve
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 44° 111° 33° 91°๐ฅตAQI 4019$685 / mo10Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ค Feels 37° 99° 30° 86°๐ฅตAQI 4420$844 / mo9MbpsWay too touristy and a bit more expensive than other parts of Bali. Dont really want to come here again. The only thing I liked was the coworking space I used during that time. Everything else was a bit boring.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 36° 97° 30° 86°๐ฅตAQI 4421$999 / mo7Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ค Feels 43° 109° 32° 89°๐ฅตAQI 7522$894 / mo9MbpsSome things I don't like about Jakarta- 1. Not much English spoken 2. Everything is overpriced especially food and alcohol. 3. People are weird, smug, rude and kind of r-cist actually. 4. The food isnt good except for nasi goreng and satay and most of it is low quality. 5. Everywhere is crowded and locals are loud so good luck finding a place to work. 6. Visas are costly and difficult if you want to stay long term.
โญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ฅ Feels 43° 109° 32° 90°๐ฅตAQI 167๐ท23$1,213 / mo10Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ง Feels 45° 113° 32° 89°๐ฅตAQI 87๐ท24$805 / mo9Mbpsโญ๏ธ All ๐ต Cost ๐ก ๐ Fun ๐ฎ Safety ๐ง Feels 44° 111° 33° 91°๐ฅตAQI 140๐ท25$765 / mo10Mbps{descriptionFromReview}
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