BALIAN, BALI - SURF AND CHILL - 1 TO 9 OCTOBER 2019

BALIAN

COSTS

Car  - Munduk to Balian – 500 000r

Relaxation massage – 100 000r for 1 hour.

Gubug Beach Bungalows – 425 000r per night – air con and breakfast.

1 OCTOBER

Stopped at rice fields and ate at Warung Made

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Arrived Balian surf in light cross shore on inside left

late surf on inside left but a bit weak

2 OCTOBER

Fun shoulder height waves on outside rights

Later surf on inside left – better than it looked

3 OCTOBER

Early low tide walk along beach. Silhouetted sunrise and nice light reflections on the water.

Mid early surf on outside rights – some fun waves but most ended in deep water too quickly.

4 OCTOBER

Early surf on outside lefts and rights and inside lefts. Some good waves with the occasional barrel towards the end of the outside rights.

A later surf on outside and inside lefts. A bit bumpy but fun.

5 OCTOBER

Early surf on bigger waves on the outside rights. It was glassy with 4 surfers out. Heaps of wall on the rights with power to have fun.

6 OCTOBER

Messy waves. No surf.

7 OCTOBER

Messy waves, no surf.

8 OCTOBER

Yeah! Fun good sized glassy outside right and lefts and inside lefts. Heaps of waves.

Mid morning surf – a little bumpy but still fun with only a few others out.

9 OCTOBER

An early surf on glassy outside rights and lefts. Inside lefts were racy.

2^nd morning surf was okay but it wasn’t as good as it looked.

WHAT DID WE DO HERE?

Morning walks on the beach as the sun rose.

Sunset walks on the beach as the sun glowed its way to a deep red sleep.

Sunset beers in one of the warungs.

Lazing about the hotel pool chatting, reading and having a dip to cool off from the heat.

Eating at the different warungs and restaurants. I’d give Tekor the stamp of the best.

Picked up plastic on the beach while having walk.

Relaxing and soft massages at Putu’s.

ANOTHER SURF ACCCIDENT

I was at the bottom of the road and about to step on the beach when three young guys walked pasted that had just got out of the surf. One of the guys had a lot of blood on the side of his face. I checked if they needed help, which they did. The guy had a large and long gash from his forehead and down his cheek as well as heaps of grazes over his arms. He was having trouble focusing on me and looked very groggy and disoriented. Maybe concussion!

I organised a staff member from Pitaya Restaurant to show them where the clinic was located.

I never saw them again so I don’t know how his recovery progressed.

Thanks to Pitaya for helping the guy and his friends.

PEOPLE

Jason from Gold Coast. Shared dinner and chatted.

Kim and Deb from Tasmania. Breakfast chat.

Noel from Lennox Head, who had a massive head-on car  accident in 2005. We had dinner at Tekor. Nice guy.

Neil had a few surfs together on the outside rights.

Rolf and Marilla from the Gold Coast. Met them previously.

Sean and two kids from Auckland.