BALIAN
10 JULY
10 JULY
We drove to Balian. Nyoman
dad had had a heart attack a few days ago while working in the garden at D’Bise
warung (a small village in the mountains of Bali). Luckily, Nyoman wasn’t
working that day and was working in the garden as well.
We arrived at Balian and
checked into our hotel ‘Gubug’.
Tank and Fiona from
Tasmania were there. We chatted as the afternoon wind increased.
The surf was blown out so
Jacinta and I had a walk on the beach.
Dinner was at Tekor
restaurant.
11 JULY
I had an early surf and
surfed like crap but I managed to stand up and do a few turns. I had been
carrying a few injuries and hadn’t surfed for 4 months.
I met Kyle who was here
with his three kids and wife. Nice positive guy.
Back in for breakfast with
Jacinta and then another surf. This time I surfed heaps better – slow to stand,
more turns and control.
We had coffee at Tekor and
a long chat with Max and Jass from Kempsey. Max is a teacher’ assistant and
Jass was a teacher.
Lunch was at Taverna
restaurant. Later, we had a walk into town and back.
Much later, we had dinner
at Tom’s Garden. We caught up with and joined Bran and Maureen for dinner. A
nice couple who have lived in Bali for awhile and have leased apartments in Sanur and Balian.
12 JULY
An early surf without
booties. I surfed heaps better – getting up quicker, cutting back better and
took a few critical takeoffs. Old Geoff was in the water.
Back in for breakfast with
Jacinta, I met Lee from Lennox Head who is a friend of Mark and Mandy.
Out for another surf, I
surfed okay but the increased wind was causing the waves to be a little bumpy
and lose some form. Still, I had fun.
Dinner at Gubug with a
great chat with Jass and a few drinks!
13 JULY
I had a slightly later
surf with less crowd. I was surfing better - mainly getting sets and more
critical waves but i stuffed up two good waves totally. Haha!
I had earlier met two
American buys who had mountain biked from Jakarta to Bali – amazing! They left
today for the last leg of their journey to Kuta.
At sunset, we had a pleasant
walk along the beach – very pretty, chatted with Bryan and Maureen and met Paul
and Iris. The sunset was nice sinking behind the headland and a bank of clouds.
Dinner was at Tekor –
chatted with Tank and Fiona.
14 July
An early surf check but
decided to wait till a bit later before hitting the waves.
Jacinta and I walked to
the village and then down to Mejan Beach and back via Secret Bay. A great walk!
Breakfast and goodbyes to
Kyle and family who were off to Ubud.
A fun surf but I fatigued
after an hour and got a cramp in my foot. Haha! I paddled through several
whitewashes then got the cramp and while bending the toe back, I got washed
nearly in to shore. I took the hint and came in. It was my first go on my new
surfboard. It went well and I had a few good sizeable lefts and rights.
A light cheese and apple
spread for lunch in our room.
I rested and slept in the
afternoon.
We went down to the beach
before sunset and drank and ate at the Bamboo Warung. We chatted with Marty a
long time expat of Balian.
15 JULY
A terrible sleep – back
aching, legs throbbing and shoulders sore.
I did my stretches, had
breakfast, more stretches and then a surf. The waves were good and I had a
great time going left and right on the blue board.
Before the surf, I was
going to use the Merrick surfboard but I
damaged the nose on the shore break. Very annoying but it is now in for repair.
I had a massage with Bella
(100 000R) it was soft and reasonably relaxing.
The aches and pains were
gone – need to drink more and stretches only
We caught up with Mark,
Geoff and Marty at one of the beachsiude warungs for a few beers. Dinner was
back at Gubug restaurant.
16 JULY
A pretty morning and a very crowded looking surf.
Eventually, I had a surf a Occasionals. This a right hander which breaks a little on the fickle side. It wasn't that good so I paddled over to the crowded left. I had a few waves and came in.
We packed a small bag and Nyoman arrived to take us to Legian.
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