There are two kinds, short outages and long outages. One problem in Ubud/Bali is power outages. Occasionally it would be super slow or I would have no signal but I guess it depends on your provider (mine was XL). I could use it to surf the internet, look up Google Maps, etc. Using the internet on my prepaid sim card and Singapore postpaid card (I used roaming) was okay. Because of that, I just stuck to writing and podcasting and didn’t do any video work. Uploading audio files for my podcast would be slow due to the large file size. I also had Skype calls with my assistant and clients with no major issues. I could watch YouTube HD videos with no lag and access and edit my site with no issues. Speed-wise, a speed test showed 10 Mbps per second for download and 1-2 Mbps per second for upload. The internet at my places was okay as I purposely looked for a place with good internet, save for occasional cut-offs (which as I mentioned is common in Bali). When picking your lodging, look for one with good wifi. It was hard to get high-level work done at cafes as there were constantly expats who would talk really loudly in the cafes. Over time though, I stopped working at cafes and would work in my room instead.
If I needed to use the internet but the cafe wifi was down, I would switch to my mobile hotspot. This wasn’t such a big issue for me as I kept my work to offline work, such as working on course powerpoint slides or reading Kindle. Some cafes have decent wifi, but this is subjected to the number of customers there. Kismet cafe says it has high-speed internet but they require you to spend a minimum of 50k rupiah per hour (on the menu) to use it. Speed-wise, it could range from 1mbps (or lower) to 3mbps per second. This would be the case even if there are just a few people. Or it would be fast at times and slow at other times. Their wifi gets cut off often or is so slow that you can’t get anything done. Many cafes have terrible wifi including international cafes like Atman. Unless you’re working at a dedicated co-working space like Hubud or Outpost Asia, don’t expect a super stable connection (even at those co-working spaces, I’m sure there are times when their wifi gets cut off though they would have a full-time staff minimizing this). It’s normal to have your wifi cut off while working at a cafe (or to a lesser extent at home). It came in handy for me on a few occasions. I definitely do not want to get on its bad books. Other honorable mentions include a caterpillar in some cocoon thing (?), a praying mantis, scorpion-looking bugs (they move very fast), bees, houseflies, random flies, a roach, a grasshopper, spiders, and random unknown bugs.Put everything in the fridge, including bread. You can’t leave food out for more than 30 seconds without risking it being found by ants. You see ants in every tropical country but here they are persistent. Subsequently, I did this every time it rained heavily at night and never had this problem again. I realized that these flies (a) appeared after the rain and (b) gravitate to a light source, so I quickly switched off the lights and stayed on my bed, inside the mosquito net. _- I thought I was in some B-grade horror movie. The problem was that soon, there were 50 of them inside my room, climbing up my curtain, with more coming in by the second. About an hour after the rain stopped, there was this medium-sized fly with long wings that started climbing through the gap between the balcony door and floor, and into my room. These were the only two I came across though. Centipede/Millipede. I picked a second-floor unit so I wouldn’t have to deal with worms and all that, and was surprised when I saw a centipede-like thing climbing up the curtain one day and on a separate occasion, a worm-like millipede (?) thing in my bathroom.If you click Decline, you will be unable to use our Support portal and you will be directed back to. For additional information, please refer to our Cookie Policy. We want to be transparent about the data we collect and how it is used, so you can exercise control over your personal data. When your device allows it, we use these cookies to better understand how you interact with our services, to monitor usage patterns, personalize featured content, and remembering your language selection. Cookies are not required for all aspects of service, but some of our services may not function properly if you choose to disable cookies. Our site uses cookies to improve your browsing experience and to strengthen the services of the website.
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