Yep, looks like east cost is it.

Can you still get a boat to Serangan?

Yep

From ND or south end Sanur Udo?

Sanur or Serangan village - Supafreak ?

First few Seconds

Sumatran snakes!

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/grandmother-eaten-alive-by-python-in-…

udo wrote:

Sanur or Serangan village - Supafreak ?

First few Seconds

Cant help you as I haven’t surfed there since they blocked the land access. No doubt you can get a boat from either sanur or serangen village . I used to get a boat out to hyat reef, the guys that work that area are good blokes. Pretty fucked the whole history of serangen with tommy doing what he did . An Australian friend married to a local had land there until one day tommy told them he was buying there land and this is how much he was paying them , not much they could do about it .

Is Transurban cold soliciting a toll way to the government,, getting approval rubber stamped and compulsory acquisition of the homes in the way any different?

DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:

Rose coloured glasses are truly an amazing thing. I sometimes watch these Bali taxi tour updates on YouTube as he cruises the familiar streets that almost feel like home. Such incredible memories. The strange thing is the power nostalgia grants you to overlook reality. Watching this particular video of an area of Bali that I truly love, and in which have spent much time, it’s shocking to see how ghetto it’s become. The graffiti is shocking. I get that lack of income has lead to a degree of dereliction but it looks shite. I’m still aching to return. Some might say that Kuta was always an ugly bogan joint but I love the lack of pretentiousness and the local faces. Much prefer it to the wank fest of Canggu and Seminyak.

Just hearing the Balo taxi driver ramble on with the music tinkering away in the background is like Bali porn.

I pretty much walked that route the other month from JL Melasti down JL Benasari to Poppies 2, looks like more places open now, was looking even more ghetto than normal though especially down near warung 96 which was sad to see as it use to rock down there late 90s early 00's

Enjoyed a few days each end of my trip with family in Bali nice to just eat out and relax and just have a bintang or two and watch life go on by.

Personally i dont bother surfing in Bali though havent been to Bukit or Canggu for 17 years too much of a shit show tourist, expats. locals, if i was going to surf there id be looking for waves rarely talked about but i kind of feel like I'm wasting my Indo time as things are changing so fast elsewhere too so got to make the most of it.

Bordlab visit. So many unreal Dylan Longbottom and M Bourton guns. Very reasonable too. Fun!

Prices ...?

About $1000-1100 for a 10’ Chumbo. Beast! Shorter guns less. And they said “we give discount!”
Disclaimer: NOT buying a 10’ gun :-)

And there was a beautiful opaque cream Rusty fish with finboxes way back (my preference). $600

https://thebalisun.com/renters-in-bali-experiencing-shock-as-house-pric…
https://thebalisun.com/bali-launches-10-year-second-home-visa-for-entre…

Winds have been surprisingly good on the west coast of the Bukit.

Had a very pleasant early at 2ft Bingin today. 10 waves before 6am, including a clean barrel. Redeemed myself after yesterday’s kook outing.

Max crowd 4 people, taking turns nicely and chatting between waves. Surfing as it should be.

Grateful.

udo wrote:

https://thebalisun.com/renters-in-bali-experiencing-shock-as-house-pric…

https://thebalisun.com/bali-launches-10-year-second-home-visa-for-entre…

bali is fast becoming a version of australia... where local people are getting totally priced out of their own housing (homing) market by wealtthy blowins

good for the fat cats maybe... but...

the locals are appearing more and more bitter about it too

quite uncharacteristicly

Anyone know what the prices are like around Kuta? Wonder if they have also increased or its just Canggu and surrounds.

The amount of people who will openly criticise foreigners who are working here has surprised me and really warmed my heart. I'd say the tipping point has been reached with that kind of tourist, particularly among poorer Balinese in tourist hotspots and younger, online millennials who are being priced out of their town, the latter group routinely coordinating online to have people deported for gleefully breaking the law. Seeing the way foreigners mediate all their economic relationships with locals through technology like Grab etc. is gross, and entirely shifts more power to the people who least need it. Take me back to the days when everyone had to actually talk to people and we all routinely got ripped off.

totally dandandan...

its funny the push for all this stuff coming from the top, grass roots dudes seem totally done with it all (unless they're making coin out of it) ...canggu banjar seem to be on a constant mission to smoothe shit over - which you could argue is just normal, and very indonesian - but Id say its more about the cash... oh the cash! ...hows the fucking cash flowing through that joint!

beachclub wars, nightclub wars, sound restrictions wars, too much building noise wars, chicken noises wars... ...local culture getting squeezed wars...

I know its a grumpy old man gripe... but the online thing has changed everything... millenial bules and yoga gurus moving in with all the inside info. on the local prices and ways, that took older school travellers years to work out...

then the righteous little online warriors have the audacity to bag the fuck out of local scooter renters for advertising moderately expensive prices online. indo has always been a buyer beware culture - even between locals - and has a long standing indian style culture of bartering...

yeh, this shit can be a pain in the arse... and there are outrageous rip offs, occasionally, for the naive / stupid / uninitiated... but screwing some poor scooter renter over online because you screwed some other local over ain't cool... not cool at all...

the grab thing realy is a bit gross

the beach mafia are desperately hanging onto their turf... and yeh once again, these guys are a pain the arse, but you cannot blame em, all power to em i say...

and how's all the fresh face euro / russian / eastern bloc cats just blowing out all the surf spots online... yeh cool, you'e lived here 2 x for 6 months at a time and found some quiet little waves... quiet little waves other crew have enjoyed for decades... so best you go out and tell everyone online about these spots to raise yourself some sort of self delusion of kudos... fucken clueless...

sadly, the locals are making a killing of the clueless with their surf guide routine, where it seems nearly every fresh of tte boat books in with a local for 2 weeks, ...gets directed, chaperoned, jockeyed, babied, and pushed into waves for 2 weeks before being cut loose... only to go and blab about it all on the net and herd the next batch of fresh meat in... and the cycle goes on...

yeh maybe Im being selfish... but I think its very short sighted greedy thinking by a small number of locals (who are absoluely cleaning up) that are slowly fucking it up for everyone... other locals included...

anyway, Im not nearly as grumpy as I sound, Ive done alright, and there's still gold to be found... but the whole online thingy seems to have opened up a grubby bunch of developments totally lacking in decorum....

yes, maybe decorum is for old people... but its about respect, for those that came before you, we showed respect as younguns... some things you just don't say, ask, or do!

or didn't...

How good was it when you got in a Bali taxi and the driver asked “ You like music?” And then cranks Taylor Swift up to eleven before you’ve had a chance to reply.

Anyone remember when the Balos would give themselves Western names so they’d stand out and you’d remember them? I had a driver called Mel Gibson for one trip, He even drove like Mel Gibson playing Riggs in Lethal Weapon ie nothing left to live for.

Trrrrrrransport!!

Tai Buddha Bule Graham has his fingers in a few Pies eh ..

His empire and the Drifter universe probably accounts for a fair amount of the hype on the Bukit over the last 5 years I'd imagine.

udo wrote:

Tai Buddha Bule Graham has his fingers in a few Pies eh ..

Isnt he half Indo?

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/meet-tai-buddha-graham-the-kiw….

He’s got Anderson Paak playing at the Lawn in November. I would love to see him live

Have surfed with Tai quite a few times, incredible surfer and good bloke. Has done very well indeed and gives back. Was in with Made Kasim initially with Single Fin I believe. Still prefer Lana's bar The Edge. :)

udo wrote:

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/meet-tai-buddha-graham-the-kiw….

Well there you go! Kiwi.

Didn't realise he was behind Single Fin. Mate was in G-Land with him and said he was a good guy.

My go to on the Ulus cliff is Surya warung / cafe. Very loyal supporter. Prefer to spend my money at the little locally owned places rather than support the big boys / western owned spots.

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Bnkref wrote:

Didn't realise he was behind Single Fin. Mate was in G-Land with him and said he was a good guy.

My go to on the Ulus cliff is Surya warung / cafe. Very loyal supporter. Prefer to spend my money at the little locally owned places rather than support the big boys / western owned spots.

Mine too, great spot to hang out, good food, great staff plus good views all the way up to Temples. But fuck me those tiles are slippery when you have wet, sandy feet….

DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:

How good was it when you got in a Bali taxi and the driver asked “ You like music?” And then cranks Taylor Swift up to eleven before you’ve had a chance to reply.

Anyone remember when the Balos would give themselves Western names so they’d stand out and you’d remember them? I had a driver called Mel Gibson for one trip, He even drove like Mel Gibson playing Riggs in Lethal Weapon ie nothing left to live for.

Trrrrrrransport!!

I saw Steve McQueen once.

flow wrote:

DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:

How good was it when you got in a Bali taxi and the driver asked “ You like music?” And then cranks Taylor Swift up to eleven before you’ve had a chance to reply.

Anyone remember when the Balos would give themselves Western names so they’d stand out and you’d remember them? I had a driver called Mel Gibson for one trip, He even drove like Mel Gibson playing Riggs in Lethal Weapon ie nothing left to live for.

Trrrrrrransport!!

I saw Steve McQueen once.

I accidentally ended up having a 2 night bender with Steve’s grandson, also called Steve, at a mental house in San Diego once upon a time.

What’s this got to do with Bali?
Nothing.

Ha

Swell came right up this arvo, and I just came in from a 3 hour session, absolutely knackered.
Gin and tonic and a kretek, and life is as good as it gets.

Nice work.

Island Bay wrote:

Swell came right up this arvo, and I just came in from a 3 hour session, absolutely knackered.

Gin and tonic and a kretek, and life is as good as it gets.

Unreal!! Loving life....

Thanks for letting me share. Makes it all the sweeter.

Island Bay wrote:

Thanks for letting me share. Makes it all the sweeter.

Bali with all the changes, traffic, loss of beaches without bars, crowds, plastic, hustlers, Russian surf schools, posers, etc etc is still a magic place.
Enjoy!!
Cinta Bali.

The number of posers has really boomed. Wankers.

the majority of crew are certainly a different crowd hanging round those parts these days...

like the increasing accom. prices, its a real chicken and egg scenario... the indos have been pushing for a 'higher quality' of tourist... with conscious efforts to squeeze out the back packer crowd - it does seem prices are significantly higher, whilst not really having the numbers of the pre corona boom crowds...

but the influencer (wanker) push is strong too, with all sorts of vids popping up spruiking the area's 'best kept secrets' - even amongst the domestic crowd

good for the single fin / drifters dudes I guess... but...

which makes ya wonder... how 'esklusif' it will all go...

I remember an article on swellnet about a push to make ulus exclusive, from a 'sustainable tourism' angle...

(but it all just reeked of bule's with businesses and self interest)

It’s an interesting mix in many places. Went to Mana at Ulus for dinner last night. It’s upmarket, but the food is unbelievably good. And you can still get a Gado Gado for 4 bucks.
Anyhoo, most people looked happy and keen to be out for a treat, but there were influencer type girls in fucken bikini bottoms at dinner, and idiots cramming in around your table to take photos of the sunset.
And the scene around the pool was just ridiculous.

Plenty of Swell I.B. a wee bit windy - A big DS would eat them bumps.

Good to hear you’re having a good time and getting a few Island Bay and Andy Mac. Sounds pretty freaking cool.

A mate just flew back in from Bali on the Virgin red eye this morning and reckons there was multiple pissed young Aussie chicks on the piss hardcore and a few spewed on the plane. Including one who bolted up the aisle power chundering through splayed fingers which ended up over the hostie’s area up behind the shittas at the end of the plane. That was at 2AM.

So excellent.

All class, aye!

Udo, the swell is solid, and the wind not bad. Managed two hours this morning, then been flat on my back with a tummy bug.

DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:

Good to hear you’re having a good time and getting a few Island Bay and Andy Mac. Sounds pretty freaking cool.

.

A mate just flew back in from Bali on the Virgin red eye this morning and reckons there was multiple pissed young Aussie chicks on the piss hardcore and a few spewed on the plane. Including one who bolted up the aisle power chundering through splayed fingers which ended up over the hostie’s area up behind the shittas at the end of the plane. That was at 2AM.

So excellent.

Lovely!!!
I just flew back Virgin and it was a mission to get a water! They must have got into their duty free.
Stoked ya getting waves IB.

Cheers Andy and Ds.

Glorious morning on the Bukit. Two guys sharing 3ft Bingin, Empty Impossibles, light offshores. Still knackered from my tummy bug, but hopefully this arvo.

Btw, high point of yesterday was definitely a very nosy and friendly dugong. Surfaced right next to me several times, and seemed unafraid and keen to check me out. They’re fucken huge!

And they taste like chicken

Is it just me or does everyone get followed around Kuta by blokes saying, " hey boss want some Viagra." I usually say, " have you got anything that does the opposite"
Best thing about surfing Ulus is when you come in from a crowded session thinking you had a shocker, hang around the cave checking out the talent for an hour then when you go up you get whisked into a bunker and somehow they have all your rides on a disc ready for purchase and it looks like you were ripping.

DudeSweetDudeSweet wrote:

And they taste like chicken

That’s a lot of chicken!