Let’s build

Of Blueprints, Blessings, and Buckets of Cement – Our Construction Kickoff 🚧 Hey friends, It’s happening: We’re building!And since this is Bali, we don’t start with hammer and nails, but with incense, prayers, and a ceremony to chase away the bad spirits. From June 25th, the land was officially blessed – green light for construction. […]

Blind Buy

From Pigs in Pokes to Rocks on Plots – The Joy of Surprises Hello friends, Today we’re taking you along for yet another… let’s say interesting chapter on our way to building the aquaponics farm: The land survey. Or as we like to call it: The day we officially found out what we had actually […]

Land Hunt

Searching for the Perfect Plot: Flat, Cool, Cheap – One with Everything, Please! Hello, lovely people! After sharing our rollercoaster through Indonesian bureaucracy in Part #1, today’s chapter of our aquaponics adventure is all about… land hunting. Our wish list was – admittedly – a bit… ambitious: flat, no tree cutting (Team Environmental Protection!), higher […]

The Beginning

Authorities, Bureaucracy & Bamboo: How It All Began… Hello and welcome to Happy Ikan Bali. 🌱🐟 If you’re wondering what this is all about – and why on earth we voluntarily decided to wrestle with permits, forms, and stamps in Indonesia – grab a coconut (if you’ve got one), lean back, and keep reading. I […]