Travel writer Penny Watson moved to Bali with her family in July 2021. Photo: Penny Watson It’s Melbourne, October 2020, six months into the city’s seemingly endless lockdowns. The kids are practising their trumpets — without the sound mufflers. My partner, Phil, and I are bearing the noise alongside the grinding weight […]
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Bali’s pandemic renters face rude awakening as prices skyrocket | Tourism News
Bali, Indonesia – At the top of the pandemic, Maria, a refugee from the Philippines, paid 2.8 million rupiahs ($180) every single month to lease a hotel room in Indonesia’s Bali. But when worldwide vacationers began returning to the preferred vacation resort island en masse previously this calendar year, Maria’s […]