Hawaii Vs. Bali

This is my objective comparison of the 2 places

My experience is obviously perdjudice based upon my experience and situations.

I lived in Hawaii for over a year (10 months on the Big Island and 3 months on Maui)

I've been in Bali for over 2 months

The positives about Bali in respect to Hawaii:

• It is much more international than Hawaii, I'm making friends from all over the world
• It's incredibly easy and inexpensive to get around, the islands are all connected by inexpensive boats and ferries
• I'm making connections here like crazy, some very high level people.
• It appears a lot of people who make it through Ubud are leaders at home in their local communities. Many people here have large yoga followings, music followings, etc and come here to re-charge. The influencers from around the world seem to congregate in Ubud
• There does appear to be a lot of resources here and people who have done well for themselves

The positives about Hawaii in respect to Bali

• It's easier to find awesome permaculture community type living situations
• It much is easier to get fresh fruit and the farmers seem to know when to pick it. In Bali, almost all of the fruit is picked very under-ripe and it appears the farmers are clueless.
• It's not overpopulated in the way that Bali is.
• Nobody in Hawaii will lie to you in order to sell you things
• Hawaii feels less transient (I know this may be difficult to beleive). I think it's because the visa thing. Many people only come here for 1-2 months, I found in Hawaii the people living there would stay for much longer.
• Ecstatic dance is much better
• The community hub is close to the ocean and everyone goes to the naked beach after dance, the community goes in different directions after dance on Sunday in Ubud. :(
• Everyone here seems to be happy, relaxed and says hi. It's hard to be open like then when people on the street are screaming "Taksi!" and "But this, cheap, cheap!!" constantly.
• People aren't intrusive and won't come up to you and ask "where you from", "where you going". I get this constantly in Bali and I find it offensive.
• It's sustainable and the people here don't live off of plastic and there isn't garbage all over the beaches. When I look around Bali, I often think the people must not respect or value their land.

This is a Tuesday afternoon in Ubud, my friend who lived in New York and here with me in Ubud told me that Ubud reminds him of New York

I miss Hawaii and prefer it to Bali. I'm very happy to be in Bali for the time being and it feels important that I stay here for some more time but ultimately I dream of being back in Hawaii. I can't think of anywhere I would rather be.

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