Blogs from Kuta, Bali, Indonesia, Asia - page 11

The room Wendy and Doug booked for us is beautiful! While showering yo ucan see the stars, and after moving into a different room than the first night, we have a large rock bath tub and dvd player. Outside our bungalow we also have 2 love seats covered by a gazebo. Today we rented scooters and Doug showed us around the area. Kuta is a very busy place with lots of restaurants and shops. The beach is full of surfers and locals offering to teach you how to surf. We had lunch at a mexican restaurant then headed to the hard rock cafe so Doug could get his collector glass. We headed out in hope sto find a good place to take photos of the whole bay, but unfortunately we never got there. We enjoyed a ... read more

Partey.. Endelig nok energi til en fest.. :) Planen for dagen var ganske enkel. Fortsette på det nye rushet vi prøvde igår. Nemlig surfing. Tidlig opp for å dra til stranda. Ved vår faste bod/surfebrett utleie. Leide vi noen brett og bare hev oss ut i vannet. Denne dagen også med instruktør den første timen, og så leide vi videre alene for å prøve selv. Og heldigvis så var det like morro alene, men det er vanskelig. Det er mer vitenskap enn flaks. Skal vite mye om hvordan bølgen oppfører seg Resten av dagen tilbrakte vi på stranda ved surfeboden, og ble kjent med nye mennesker. Idag ble vi kjent med danskene og slovaken. Danskene Phillip og Mattias + slovaken Nate. Danskene skal backpacke i 6 mnd! (og vi syns 1 mnd er lenge!) Det beste ... read more

Thursday 11th August - Thursday 18th August A lovely week in Oz!! Friday 19th August Arrive back into Bali. Enjoyed a lovely nasi campur! Chilled at the hotel before heading out to the beach for a beautiful seafood dinner. Saturday 20th August Meet up with Michelle to get over ourselves. We did. We were offered all sorts on our way to lunch; taxi, motorbike, viagara, batteries (unbeknownst to naive us these batteries were actually drugs - don't think our travel stereo would enjoy speed!) Chilled by the pool and then went out for dinner, of what I can remember it was delicious! Don't remember too much but vividly remember being mesmerised by girls posing as dolls in shop windows...very odd. Jason also whipped out a rather hilarious robot impression. Great night at Sky bar. Sunday 21st ... read more

After a drunken flight from Bangkok and a night of no sleep we arrived in Bali to the lovely area of Sanur and promptly crashed. It took about 2 days to recover but luckily we were in the nicest hotel we'd stayed in so far... HBO, comfy beds and a lovely swimming pool occupied us. Once we were fully recovered we moved on to Ubud, with everywhere being so close in Bali the 1 hr taxi ride was a welcome relief from all the 12 hr journeys in Vietnam/Cambodia. Ubud was a lovely quaint town, occupied mostly by monkeys and tourists looking for something a little different. Up in the mountains it was a refreshing change from seasides and cities. We soon realised we were going to love Bali, the national dishes were satay chicken and ... read more

CJ and I were picked up at hotel and Sanur and taken to Pro-surf's school at Kuta beach. Both the route and the traffic were highly 'interesting'. Squeezing down tiny streets, and back alleys, etc. The surf school is big and well-appointed and at one level is quite professional, however they always seem to be in a state of near-chaos! I joined a 'begginers 3' class of about 8 people, and after a very informative theory talk my owner Frank, and a few exercises in the pool, we paddled out into excellent clean Kuta surf. This was a really great experience, there was one instructor per 2 students. My instructor told me which waves to go for and for the first few waves paddled behind me and gave me a push. First couple of waves were ... read more