We first got to bengkulu at he start of August. Dates escape me now, but after a few days spent in Jakarta we flew up there with Lion air. Its a lovely place. We spent a few weeks, then had a visa run to Batam (an Island of indonesia located near Singapore via direct flight from Bengkulu)-Johor Bahru (malaysia via a fast boat from Batam). Whilst in Johor Bahru we arranged a new 60 day Indonesian tourist visa. Bengkulu has lots going for it. Most importantly its a real Indonesian town, not a tourist town like Kuta, Bali. Theres genuinely friendly locals here. It's npt uncommon to get upwards of a dozen "hello mistahs" in a single day - gotta love that :) The surf has been great. I have surfed every day (bar a couple)
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