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Geez Morning of the Earth..... :(
My first trip in '86 was a deal like that, 30 days at Loji Gardens in Legian, return air fares, transfer and a motor bike for $1000. Amazing...... pretty much just surfed at Padma St perfect banks there then, couple of trips to Ulus and one to Canggu through the jungle and rice paddies.
@jezza64 , those were the days, endless v banks up & down kuta legian stretch. You probably went past hotel K on your way to the gu .
Great pic supa....
Bit different now!
That looks familiar, luckily from the outside
I don't recall seeing that, but do remember we got pulled over by the polisi and had to all chip in to pay the bemo drivers "fine", apparently he was only licenced to take locals......
haha jezza, the old bemo tax
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/18/bali-flights-cancelled-vo…
Very spectacular footage . Going to disrupt a lot of people’s plans.
apocalyptic.. fark, that last bit of footage 'amatau!' is sobering..
hope it won't interfere with Adub's ornithological exploits..
In some ways I'm on board with this if it wasn't so likely they will then turn around and sell to highest bidder. End result one huge high end uglier shit box replaces 40 small cheaper shit boxes that at least have some charm and locals in the mix.
He should be ok getting into Bali with Batik air , but his internal flights may be disrupted, hopefully not as he has been planning and looking forward for so long .
Hows the new sea wall thing going with some swell hitting it?
The seawall is ok, got 4 diggers in there bashing rocks around. Not so good for Kuta "beach" not much sand from lifeguard tower up past poppies 2. Bali, loved to death??
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A monorail at height would be easier but possibly issues with temples may come into play .There is certainly many different ideas floating around, so much money coming in from around the globe .
can they think up many more ways to fuk up paradise .......endless
They approved the metro, is that not enough?
Money pouring in , not just Bali .
Supafreak how do you think something like that proposed development in Lombok would work out in the long run?
Being Muslim and not Hindu like Bali I’m guessing it’s not going to have the same vibe as Bali?
This is one of the developers: https://techbullion.com/jamie-mcintyre-empowering-australians-through-b…
The speil says it all for me, whenever I hear phrases like empowering, visionary, guiding light it normally means somebody's about to be shafted and it's not him unless the Sarsak's do some black magic
The old "Rat with a gold tooth", comes to mind.
He apparently has 12 businesses that gross $60 million per year. That's along way from the kind of capital needed to build something like this.
I understand where you’re coming from. I haven’t really explored Lombok besides desert point in the late 80s and a few trips around 2010. People I know that have lived there for 20 + years love it . A mate no longer bothers with DP as it’s simply too crowded but there’s other options if you care to look . It’s like a lot of places in indo at the moment where the acceleration of development is worrying. Sumba has an interesting culture and the government has spent up big on infrastructure as far as roads go. You would hope that these new developments learn from the mistakes of infrastructure in southern Bali . You have to be very brave to invest in indo , the big players use other people’s money or like the Saudi king , have money to burn .
Here we go again . Nothing better than a long flight followed by a long bus ride / train ride / helicopter. North Bali’s black sand beaches don’t really attract the crowds. With not many large resorts ( yet ) will most be willing to fly in then travel south ? I thought they might have built it at Canggu .
Believe it when I see it!
Spent a fair bit of time on North Coast.
Pre sept 11 and aftrr, Lovina was a bustling little back pack centre with many usingit as their first stop in bali after coming over land from Java.
Never really bounced back after September 11, then bali bomb and when indo changed visa from 60 days on arrival. 30 days not long enough to do Java and bali properly so killed that market.
Black sand beaches but some great diving / snorkelling in area. Beautiful villages , water falls near by such as Munduk, Sekumpul. Good for influencer crew . Pft.
If you didn't surf it definitely has some great aspects, but if it gets busy and over developed, then those attractions are lost.
Saying that have not been up that way since 2012...
Went up there a couple of years ago and loved it for the fact it was quiet. If it blows up wouldn’t go back.
It'd be nice if they got on with it. It would definitely split the load at Negara Rai and the crowds in the south of Bali. Not every tourist wants to surf.
Look mum no hands . There would have been some freaked out passengers on that landing .
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/565850/61-missing-after-boat-sinks-nea…
Hard to believe only 4 found alive so far . There’s a lot of boats in this area at any given time . 2 meter swell that day.
How many can swim though? Probably not many.
I doubt any can swim but a vessel that size would have life jackets . Mandatory now .
Ah gotcha. But none wearing them? They’d all be alive wouldn’t they if they were?
I’ve got the ferry across there a few times and like you say it’s such a busy passage of water it seems crazy there hasn’t been more people found.
I remember making sure to get out of the van down below and stay up on the deck during each crossing in case something like this happens. Very sad.
Trying to spot people overboard is extremely extremely difficult from a vessel without visual markers and at night is neigh impossible unless you run into them on a search vessel especially in seas with swell and current. Mandatory....most probably locked up to prevent theft SF. Fucking tragic again, Indonesian Maritime Industry...
Going to be a very expensive day out .
I'm not sure he did actually
as the story becomes clearer, seems old mate first smashing the car with his helmet ran up the back of them
in the normal world, that's his fault
but it's bali... and if there's a dollar to be extorted out of bule... well...
obviously they should have stopped, but seems they were shitting themselves
and then a classic case of...
'that escalated quickly'
Hey guys. Some advice, please.
The missus and I are off to Bali again next week, have almost two weeks on the cliffs above Impossibles.
I usually surf Impossibles when it's big, mixed with a bit of Ulus and Balangan.
Forecast looks pretty insane, and I'm not at all worried about missing out on 2-3ft busy Bingin, so I'm tempted to pack the following two boards: 6'10 and 8'6 Desert Storm. The 6'10 DS is incredible there on good to solid days, and I would love to get a few proper sessions on the 8'6.
Am I tripping?
You would have to be for even asking this question
"I would love to get a few proper sessions on the 8'6."
Sounds like a good plan to me as long as it gets on the flight.
8'6 ulu bombie or Outside corner...
Loving life.
Cheers.
Will keep an eye on charts, then make up my mind. 8'0 Keogh could be on option, too.
If Outside Corner is firing- go get it IB.
Keep us updated @IB.
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Over there at the end of the month. Hopefully this forecast swell run keeps up.
Some are saying this will be the biggest swell so far this year . Surfed with a bloke at the wreck on the last decent swell who day before was at ulus and said it was solid 8ft + and only 6 out at the bombie . I think the 8’6 would be a good choice. Looks like from Wednesday afternoon forward a couple good weeks of swell so nicely timed . Enjoy . Plenty of clips on YouTube of last few swells at Ulu’s .
Yep ,that’s exactly what happened
Javanese guy trying it on.
Best not to jump the gun,lucky the rocks didn’t come out ay .