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Rachel Bergsma

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https://www.c-bali.com/ibu-chronicles-books

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Biography, Memoir, Humor and Comedy

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Rachel Bergsma is the writer of the Facebook blog Ibu Chronicles, a blog about an Australian woman iving in Bali with her Dutch husband and working in a traditional village in North Bali. Now, a published book, The Ibu Chronicles was published as a fundraiser to raise money for the Balinese in the village their business was located in, the profits used to purchase food staples, such as rice, etc.

Her second book The Epiphany is the background story to The Ibu Chronicles and continues with part 2, The Measurement of Wealth.

Rachel (Rach) and her husband, have been living and running a tour and travel business located in a Balinese owned hotel, at Lake Batur, in rural Bali for 12 years. Well, before Rona visited.

Just over twenty years after sh ...more

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	The Ibu Chronicles: Life is Funnier than Fiction (Book 1) 4.58 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Epiphany (Ibu Chronicles Series book 2) 4.32 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Measurement of Wealth: Learning Contentment in Bali (Ibu Chronicles Series Book 3) 4.72 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ibu of all Bali Guide Books: The Mother of all Bali Guide Books 4.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Rachel Bergsma and 1 other person liked Julie's review of The Measurement of Wealth: Learning Contentment in Bali (Ibu Chronicles Series Book 3): "Very interesting I enjoyed the first book so much I bought the second. Fascinating read. I now enjoy her blog on Facebook. Ibu Chronicles."
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Rachel Bergsma liked Halina Goldstein's review of The Ibu of all Bali Guide Books: The Mother of all Bali Guide Books (Ibu Chronicles): "So so helpful. I have a sense I am informed and able to handle all kinds of situations now, better than people that have been here much longer. 5 stars for that and for the essential message of respecting the culture here."
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“Don’t let yourself worry about the problems around you, and when your wife wants to fight with you, just seduce her.”
― Rachel Bergsma, The Ibu Chronicles: Life is Funnier than Fiction

tags: bali, balinese, wisdom

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“So, there you go, I was a beautiful baby, that looked like a Monkey, and smelled like a chicken.”
― Rachel Bergsma, The Ibu Chronicles: Life is Funnier than Fiction

tags: mothers-and-daughters, mothers-quotes

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“Life is Funnier than Fiction”
― Rachel Bergsma, The Ibu Chronicles: Life is Funnier than Fiction

tags: bali-indonesia, humor, life-quotes, seachange

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“Life is Funnier than Fiction”
― Rachel Bergsma, The Ibu Chronicles: Life is Funnier than Fiction

tags: bali-indonesia, humor, life-quotes, seachange

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“Don’t let yourself worry about the problems around you, and when your wife wants to fight with you, just seduce her.”
― Rachel Bergsma, The Ibu Chronicles: Life is Funnier than Fiction

tags: bali, balinese, wisdom

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“We conduct business meetings so much better on beer.”
― Rachel Bergsma, The Ibu Chronicles: Life is Funnier than Fiction

tags: beer, fun, humour, inspirational

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“I find my Zen moments in a bottle of beer.”
― Rachel Bergsma, The Ibu Chronicles: Life is Funnier than Fiction

tags: balance-in-life, bali-indonesia, beer-quotes, fun, humour

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“So, there you go, I was a beautiful baby, that looked like a Monkey, and smelled like a chicken.”
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