Bali Expat Forum: Information from people who live in Bali

Living on Bali is a dream for many people, but what is it really like for a foreigner? As Bruce Lee would say ‘if you want to learn how to throw punches, ask a man who does it for a living’ (a boxer).


The Bali Expat Forum is one of the best known message boards in Bali, and offers the chance to hear the thoughts, questions and complaints of current expats. Admin for the site is Bert from Holland, who is a very experienced web guy, based in Singaraja. I like Bert’s no nonsense style, when something is shit, he says its shit.

Users sign up with a profile and its possible to view the lsit of latest Topics, and check the number of Replies, and Views the post has. If you liked the post, you can click on Author, to see all the posts they’ve made.

Bali Expat Forum runs on phpBB, which is highly customizable, and is part of a range of strings / forums, operated by Bali Information. Check it out, you might read some interesting conversations.