Welcome to OlyaBlog!
Hello!
Thank you for visiting OlyaBlog.
Allow me share a bit about myself and my blog, how it can be interesting and useful for you.
My name is Olya. I am originally from Ukraine, but currently, I live on the island of Bali with my family, which consists of my husband, myself, and our three dogs.
Why Bali?
In 2019: I was a successful hotel manager of one of the best resorts in Ukraine, well-known in the industry and even beyond. I was invited to speak at business events and for students, and I wrote for a well-known magazine about the hotel and restaurant business in Ukraine. Amidst all this success, in the summer, I decided to quit. It's hard for me to explain in one sentence why I quit. Yes, I was successful, I had my dream job, friends, family - everything was great, but inside, there was constant dissatisfaction that grew every day, and at the age of 38, I wanted to break out of my usual life. And I did "break out."
Next, I opened a company called Consulting O.K., which helps business owners become better. Cities where I lived and worked changed, I traveled a lot - I started living.
Traveling to Bali was not any special dream for me. But whenever I got annoyed with some situation, I always said, "I'll go to Bali..." So I decided that I really should go to that island, since I planned to go there so many times in words.
My first trip took place in the winter of 2020, during which I met Santiago, my Brazilian lovely husband. Our relationship went through various stages over the years. And since March 2022, we have been living and working permanently in Bali.
At the end of 2023, I decided to launch my blog. So, what's my blog all about? In essence, it's a reflection of life and experiences in various forms.
To help you navigate OlyaBlog more easily, I've organized it into several categories:
Bali life
A personal space about my life on the island, where I share my thoughts, experience, noteworthy events, occasional reminiscences, my relationships with people.
Travels
Here are stories about our travels on the island of Bali, Indonesia, and other countries. I provide links to all the tourist places we visit; recommendations for hotels, restaurants, museums; our travel routes. I will be glad if our travel experience is useful!
Interviews
Personal interviews with people from Bali and beyond — stories about life, work, emigration, and inspiring journeys.
Serena Villas Uluwatu
Step behind the scenes of Serena Villas Uluwatu — our real estate project in Bali. Follow our journey through the entire process, from the first idea to construction and opening, including real experiences, challenges, and insights along the way.
Recipes
My passion is cooking. I enjoy this process one hundred percent, study and mix various recipes from the countries where Santiago and I are from and beyond, love discovering new flavors, and incredibly happy when people enjoy tasting what I cooked. In this category, I share recipes that have become favorites in our family.
Beauty and Wellness
Sharing my love for beauty, health, and sports — along with self-care after 40, the changes I’ve noticed, and how I’m learning to feel good and live well every day.
I dream that the stories in my blog will be interesting and useful for you. To ensure that my blog does not turn into a monologue of one person, I will be grateful for feedback in the form of your comments, questions, subscriptions.
Thank you!
Best regards,
Olya.