A few random snaps from the lembongan era

These three photos were taken by my mate lynn, he really knows what he's doing with the digital era- he must of read the manual. Well not the first one of the boat.

This is a picture of a boat that is very similar to the public boat which goes from Sanur (bali) to Nusa Lembogan. You get a bit wet when you get on, unless you request some assistance-I think I would have been too big for such service, but I was wearing boardies.
Chillin' in the bamboo zone & morning bali coffee.
Ride out the the breaks in Captain Aquas boat. Yes, turquoise and red are my favourite colours.

New Stick

The new custom kneeboard. Specially made for me, for Indo. Another gorgeous Flashpoint.
Been on it now a few times and it goes unreal.

The new stick.

in the beginning there was Kuta

So there are a few good things in Kuta, other than surf: good cheap meals, decent cheap accomadation and random things you would never witness at home.

A fantastic, well rounded, delicious meal for under 2 bones. There are some good things in Kuta.
Simple, cheap accomodation in Kuta, includes a banana jaffle, fruit and coffee- only about 6bucks a night.


And in the beginning there was also opetro in old vodka bottles for all the scooters and cars that go "BEEP BEEP!! VROOM VROOM" in Kuta.

Medewi, Second week of july 2008

A few snaps of Medewi.
(Sometimes I am really bad about remembering to take good pictures....unless it's with my mind camera.)
Medewi Sunset

Medewi. low tide, small swell.

Medewi, black sand and river rock beauty.

Playgrounds

This is proof, I have been surfing. My mates just happened to catch these pics from the pontoon near playgrounds break on Lembongan. The scramble at Playgrounds.
Playgrounds Sequence #2, the take off

Playgrounds sequence #3
A very fun wave this left is, and it remains less sketchy than the right as it breaks in deeper water, which makes coral less of a hazard.

Retrospect

A bit of Pre-Indo lovin' for the Newie.....

Leaving Lembongan

I had few great surfs on Lembongan last week. One big day I found myself caught inside on the outgoing tide with rising swell at Shipwrecks, it was quite scary for me. The seaweed stakes provide and added element of hassle and potential danger- I surfed the other big days at Playgrounds, which doen'st really deserve that name. Playgrounds is both a right and left, and the right gets quite shallow with the lowering tide. The left is great fun, and stays pretty deep most tides. Although, if you stuff up the take off for either direction on a lower tide there is potential to scrape the coral, which did happen to me. So Playgrounds, well the name is debateble. I was pretty surfed out from the past few weeks. If you can believe it- but its hard work...I hurt my neck while surfing and so I find myself in Ubud, relaxing, and recharging before I head to Sumbawa for more waves.

I have found and old mate of my dad's who has a lovely hotel here, Green Fields. Adjacent to his place are lush green rice fields-hence the name! I will be relaxing here for the next few days.

T Rex is still with me and he has found and architectural detail at Green Fields which he is quite fond of.