I love Bali
Ha ha! You're a classic IB. Three days out before your Euro trip and you just had to go surfing. You coulda just not gone surfing, you know, dodgy hammy and all.
I could picture your missus if you had to get on the plane with crutches.
Alls well that ends well they say I guess.
Good luck Stu- I was six months out when I busted four of mine.
I know. Pretty tragic, but I did approach the madness in a semi-scientific manner. And I did laugh at myself :-) But to my defence, it was 5-6ft, clean, peeling, and empty.
Btw, it still hurts to sit down, and especially to drive.
Ha, that's something I would do IB!
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Well it’s absolutely pumping again today and pissing down. It’s going to be an interesting crossing this afternoon to sanur. Another 2 weeks would have been awesome but thems the breaks .The wreck was solid yesterday and only 8-10 guys once the swell kicked in , lacerations was small and 40 guys, today could be bigger. Lembongan is packed and next year will be back to quieter locations . 
No one out at ghosties , there for the taking if ya keen .
Cracking shot
Great pic!
Weird first morning to wake up to.
Dry season, eh? Rained all night. Did a first light puddle dodge down to Petitenget get where it's big, windy, and brown.
No-one on the beach but me and a loose bunch of mutts eyeing me off.
Think today is gonna involve family time rather than a long haul to the Bukit.
Great picture SF, safe journey across mate
Stu - just staying down there or do you have time on the Bukit?
I founds those stray mutts to be pretty feral some mornings before first light. Okay during the day but I got hassled by them near Canggu once and near Padang last trip.
Stu - Kuta looking like fun peaks and cleanish on the Bali Belly cam, bit busy though.
Hows the water temp , boadies fine or need top?
Supafreak wrote:Well it’s absolutely pumping again today and pissing down. It’s going to be an interesting crossing this afternoon to sanur. Another 2 weeks would have been awesome but thems the breaks .The wreck was solid yesterday and only 8-10 guys once the swell kicked in , lacerations was small and 40 guys, today could be bigger. Lembongan is packed and next year will be back to quieter locations .
Is that a random peak supa or a legit wave? Looks nuts
@goofyfoot , it’s a legit wave and does get surfed but not regularly. It’s down from the wreck heading towards blue corner . There’s a few lefts along that strip. It’s a weird place in that the swell gets concentrated in certain area’s and it pumped here for about 90 minutes and the wreck wasn’t getting much action . Chris that set up lembongan bungalows in the late 70s used to surf it regularly along that strip . It’s called ghosties these days as about 10 years ago or more a boat full of musicians returning to nusa penida got broadsided by a wave in the middle of the night and nearly all lost their lives . I woke up to blood curdling screaming just after midnight and didn’t know what the fuck was going on . Locals won’t surf along there for obvious reasons . 
Just heading from lembongan now , swells up , going to be some screaming I think.
Interesting supa, you certainly know the place well.
Hope the boat ride isn’t too bad..
An hour's taxi ride from Petitenget to Padma, caught two waves, snapped my leggy, then another hour sitting in traffic for the return trip.
Probably wont do that again.
Could of walked it in 15 :-0
Pushbike along Beach...
Shame you didnt take your 9ft log , no leggy needed apparently.
How was the surf?
Not bad, though a touch too big for the banks.
Swell dropped off
https://balibelly.com/pages/kutabeach- Flush those Ears..
stunet wrote:An hour's taxi ride from Petitenget to Padma, caught two waves, snapped my leggy, then another hour sitting in traffic for the return trip.
Probably wont do that again.
Not a Bali holiday without being stuck in traffic!!
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Any on the ground reports from today (Sunday) with that longer period groundswell in the water?
I don't think that swell and period would have arrived until late arvo. I'm not over there, so not sure, Tomorrow morning should see a difference I reckon.
Jamyardy wrote:I don't think that swell and period would have arrived until late arvo. I'm not over there, so not sure, Tomorrow morning should see a difference I reckon.
you may be right as I was looking at ments forecast. Although with that swell period I still would have expected it to be in Bali today.
Just read Mikala Jones died yesterday in a surfing accident in the Mentawais.
goofyfoot wrote:Just read Mikala Jones died yesterday in a surfing accident in the Mentawais.
No way.
That is tragic news.
Great surfer and always gentleman in the water.
Very sad.
RIP.
Severed femoral artery. Rotten luck.
Deepest condolences to his family and close friends.
New Energy on the Bukit this morning Don..
Great conditions this morning. Much more size than yesterday.
udo wrote:New Energy on the Bukit this morning Don..
Thanks
stunet wrote:Great conditions this morning. Much more size than yesterday.
Can you put a number on it?
donweather wrote:stunet wrote:Great conditions this morning. Much more size than yesterday.
Can you put a number on it?
4 stars.
Jokes.
6-8ft where I am. Maybe a bit bigger at Ulus?
Ok thanks Stu
Nice Cond on East ATM - K is looking Fun
Nice Stu!
Koster doing his best to attract more tourists to Bali . Bans anyone including locals from climbing mountains causing a huge ripple effect in unemployment . Trying to bring into law where tourists can stay which was explained to me was because of long term bule’s ( Russian and Ukraine expats ) wanting kos style lodgings because of financial situation which in effect has them competing with locals for rooms and price therefore goes up . Motorbike hire ? Now pay to enter on top of visa . Might seem small to individual but families might say why bother when Thailand and other destinations are a cheaper option . Doesn’t personally bother me but this guy has constant brain farts . https://coconuts.co/bali/news/eat-pay-love-foreigners-required-to-pay-us...
@seeds , I just came across this on the Australian government website smart traveler indonesia . I don’t know the full details but it’s worth investigating. $700 for 5 years seems to good to be true . This is just a photo of what I looked at . 
…..EDIT …. Sorry I’ve confused myself, this looks more like what you may be after, second home visa , $2100 for 5 years. 
Thanks. $2100 for 5 years is okay. Wonder if the price drops if less years are applied for. I’ll have a look.
Personal bank accounts with minimum amount of Rp. 2,000,000,000,- (two billion rupiah) or equivalent needed - 197K AuD
And "It is expected that the minimum funds of IDR 2bn will have to be in the account permanently, and that immigration will check sometimes, whether this minimum amount is still in the bank."
@udo , are you sure about that figure ? I was talking to a mate today about it who is currently on 5 year kitap retirement visa and was thinking of switching over to 2nd home visa but they wanted him to show that he had $80,000 AUD in account .
udo wrote:Personal bank accounts with minimum amount of Rp. 2,000,000,000,- (two billion rupiah) or equivalent needed - 197K AuD
Yep or a Hak Pakai(right to use) property to a certain value depending on location in Indo. (map in link)
This guy knows his shit
https://matthewbrealey.medium.com/how-to-get-a-second-home-digital-nomad...
udo wrote:https://molina.imigrasi.go.id/front/faq/0e6b4213-6b94-450a-9d14-9c9cb971...
Ok , thanks for that .
Miss out on 5 yrs interest $ 0n 200K !
indo-dreaming wrote:udo wrote:Personal bank accounts with minimum amount of Rp. 2,000,000,000,- (two billion rupiah) or equivalent needed - 197K AuD
Yep or a Hak Pakai(right to use) property to a certain value depending on location in Indo. (map in link)
This guy knows his shit
https://matthewbrealey.medium.com/how-to-get-a-second-home-digital-nomad...
Very interesting and helpful article @indo , I will pass this onto my friend .
I love Bali.
You wouldn't think that such a thought could be controversial . But it is.
Many people don't love Bali, in fact they proclaim to hate it. Bemoan what it has become, it's lack of purity, it's lost innocence.
Sure, I can see their point. I can't imagine anywhere on Earth that has been transformed as radically as Bali over the last thirty years. From rice paddies and coconut groves to six story discotheques . It's totally unrecognisable in the most built up areas.
But that's not what this post is about. It's about why I LOVE Bali.
I love Bali because ...
- it's still the home of an intense cluster of world class waves. Roping lefts : Uluwatu, freight train right barrels : Sanur, backlit mega tubes : Padang Padang. Rip able reefs, fun beachies. Short , slabby pits and long mellow points. River mouths and bombies. It's got the lot.
- it's still possible to get uncrowded quality waves in 2015 when it seems as though the entire planet has discovered surfing. I was trading crystal clear , rolling right walls with only two other surfers just this morning.
- it's still freaking beautiful. Watching the mist reveal Mt Agung in that unique Bali morning light from a black sand beach as the sun comes up is still special.
- the food is amazing. Walking around town building up a hunger and knowing that at any given time you are within shouting distance of fresh, exotic and delicious meals with enough variety to make your head spin is priceless.
- the Balinese are legends. Friendly, happy and always keen for a joke. Unfailingly polite and welcoming. Healthy, spiritual and decent.
- the Balinese surfers rip their waves and they still own them. A visiting Brazilian would not think twice to drop in on an Aussie local at Kirra. But you won't see the same in Bali. The Balinese surfers are treated with the respect they deserve. Because as everyone knows, if they are not treated with respect there is consequences.
- the water is so warm it's like swimming in silken angels tears.
- telling people that you are going to Bali will often elicit a response along the lines of ......"why would you go to that traffic ridden, noisy shithole ?" And then as you're kicking back with a Bintang watching the sunset over Uluwatu you can imagine them sitting at lights in their car on their way home from work in Perth. Which , for those that have never been , is a noisy , traffic ridden shithole. And this makes me laugh. Which is something I enjoy doing.
- The fruit is incredible.
- despite the millions of tourists, the fast food franchises and the Aussie over familiarity with the joint it's still exotic. The smell of clove cigarettes, the ogo ogos of Nyepi, the Buddhist offerings , monkeys , food and language are all enticingly foreign.
- there is no overreaching nanny state. You want to ride your motorbike with all four of your children and the missus on the back...whilst texting. Go for it.
- you can live like a king on a regular Aussie income. Maybe not such a great benefit for the Balinese themselves though.
- it's close to Oz. Twenty hour plane ride and a shot at developing deep vein thrombosis.....ummm no thanks. It's actually faster to fly to Bali from Perth than it is to drive to Albany. You can fly from Port Hedland in less than two hours.
- you get an opportunity to regularly witness some of the most foolhardy behaviour imaginable on a daily basis. You ever seen a man being doubled on a motorbike through traffic whilst holding a large pane of glass ? What about seeing someone hold a nail between his bare fingers while his mate tries to grind the tip off it ? It's all there folks.
- you can see people making do with not much and making it work. An exhaust system held on with a T Shirt ? An outboard motor attached to a boat with no anchoring system, just held on with a man's brute force ? Why not ? It might not work forever but it'll usually get em over the line.
- the winds can blow offshore for months at a time and when they blow onshore, well , that just makes it offshore somewhere else. It's an island !
- you haven't seen glassy oceanic conditions till you've seen Indonesian sheet glass. It's like an oil slick. And if you're ever near Benoa Harbour that could well be what it is.
- old people are accorded the respect they deserve.
- it's exciting. It's a melting pot of the world. Wide eyed villages from remote Asia, jaded techno princesses from Russia, sleek surfy chicks from Canada , your next door neighbour from Ipswich....it's a party and everyone is invited.
Including YOU. I'll see you there. You can't miss me.
I'll be the sun burnt drunk in a head to toe Bintang ensemble with hair braids and a fresh tattoo of a unicorn across my back . Don't be shy. Come and say hello.