Menu
Expat.com
Einsiedler

@Einsiedler

Member

German expat in Indonesia

Forum

13 posts

Contacts

13

About me

German

Lives in Manado, North Sulawesi

Speaks German, English, French, Indonesian

Registration: 25 March 2018

Activity

Einsiedler replied to a thread
10 months ago
Yunchen

Moving from Germany to Bali by Yunchen

Hi there! I usually don't write here but kept an eye on this forum for some time now since my mom and I plan to move to Bali.A little bit about us: My mom (retired) and I (freelancer/digital nomad/whatever you want to call it) have been thinking ...

Einsiedler replied to a thread
5 years ago
GuestPoster0210

Snakes by GuestPoster0210

I’m just wondering if any of our Indonesian friends or expats can assist with identifying snakes (3 different in 24 hours) 1. All brown with darker brown/ black stripe from back of head to tip, about 3 ft long/90cm/ 900mm about 1 inch, 25mm, ...

Einsiedler

snake-photos Read More

Einsiedler replied to a thread
5 years ago
Priscilla

Natural disaster: Earthquake and Tsunami in Indonesia by Priscilla

Hello everyone, We are deeply aggrieved about the twin disasters Indonesia has been hit by, causing countless victims. So that we can help each other, here are the emergency numbers for Indonesia: 110 : The police 118/119 : Ambulance 115 ...

Einsiedler

It had been till 7.4. 6cm tsunami and 1 grandmother died of shoc. Read More

Einsiedler replied to a thread
5 years ago
Zada2327

Advice for young family moving to North Sulawesi by Zada2327

Hi, my name is Linda. Husband and I will be moving to North Sulawesi with our 1 year old daughter. We will be living on an island, closest town being Manado. Any advice is appreciated, though we do have some specific ones below. 1. We will be ...

Einsiedler

1. A lot of local people will offer you help. 2. Never heard that anyone is buying baby products online here. You can buy them easily in Manado. The diapers will come to your island by water, because the Minahasa throw the used ones in the rivers - ... Read More

Einsiedler replied to a thread
6 years ago
Fred

Rp200 million for informing on corrupt officials by Fred

The KPK have been doing a pretty good job but this move is a killer for the corrupt, and one that's likely to have them in the shops buying new underwear. The long and the short is, if you report and provide evidence about a corrupt player, you ...

Einsiedler

I too have heavy experience with such an a*** of immigration officer. Some years ago, all "Ubudian" had to say to this topic: There's corruption in Germany too. Read More

Einsiedler replied to a thread
6 years ago
josip891

Sulawesi by josip891

Hello all, I was reading this article about stone tools found on Sulawesi and found out that the island is beautiful. I wanted to ask if anyone has been there and your ...

Einsiedler

At Tana Toraja you could meet the real money-sharks and on Bunaken you will find the best garbage in the water. But if you like extreme bass-sound till the morning, North Sulawesi is the best place. Read More

Einsiedler replied to a thread
6 years ago
Dynamoe

Noisy Motorbikes by Dynamoe

More and more people seem to be buying or making their motor bikes as noisy as they can, the louder the better! It is noisy enough with regular bikes, cars, trucks and airplanes overhead. On a quiet night these motorbikes are extremely annoying ...

Einsiedler

There is no law, because the high potential of noise-terror equipment is new. Even a completly corrupt judge ("I'm driving an expensive car!") couldn't find any. And you can see in the way, the posts are missing the theme, that ... Read More

Einsiedler replied to a thread
6 years ago
Dynamoe

Noisy Motorbikes by Dynamoe

More and more people seem to be buying or making their motor bikes as noisy as they can, the louder the better! It is noisy enough with regular bikes, cars, trucks and airplanes overhead. On a quiet night these motorbikes are extremely annoying ...

Einsiedler

There is no law in Indonesia against extreme noise. That's what the police told me. Read More

Einsiedler replied to a thread
6 years ago
Julien

New members of the Indonesia forum, introduce yourselves here - 2018 by Julien

Hi all, Newbie on the Indonesia forum? Don’t know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on ...

Einsiedler

I like Indonesian coffee. I even own 1 coffee-plant which smells god when blossoming. Read More

Einsiedler replied to a thread
6 years ago
Indodiver

cost of building a house by Indodiver

hello, i bought a small piece of land near labuan bajo,flores. i would like to have an estimate ,per square meter, of the construction cost for a simple 80 m2 house. also, i need someone to build that house :)

Einsiedler

Exactly the same experiences on Sulawesi. Read More

Einsiedler replied to a thread
6 years ago
Julien

New members of the Indonesia forum, introduce yourselves here - 2018 by Julien

Hi all, Newbie on the Indonesia forum? Don’t know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on ...

Einsiedler

Hi Fred! Jakarta is very far away and here - well, there are some cultural differences. So I prefer selling rice and goats and display my art only in the internet: https://useum.org/artist/Tom-Dobat Read More

Einsiedler replied to a thread
6 years ago
Julien

New members of the Indonesia forum, introduce yourselves here - 2018 by Julien

Hi all, Newbie on the Indonesia forum? Don’t know how to start? This thread is for you ;) We invite you to introduce yourself on this topic, to share with us your expat story if you are already living in the country, or to tell us more on ...

Einsiedler

I'm Tom (*1948) from Germany where I worked as a high-school art-teacher. I married a Minahasa woman in 1975 and moved to her birth-place on North Sulawesi in 2000. There I built a house and a jungle - and lost my wife to the internet. Since ... Read More