Mantas 3 Posted August 21, 2010 Author Share Posted August 21, 2010 Nice area Spook. Hope you get Ombak tujuh cranking. I want to spend some time there again. There's a hell of a lot more to Indo than Kuta hey. Pete, not worried about the waves over east, just wondering if there were some nice places to hang with the family. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Fark Bali just gets worse and Worse but all my Indo mate & the people keep drawing me back! BM, I have surfed those places between Kuta & Canggu that you have mentioned, and funnily enough it was because of wrong turns early mornings on the way to canggu. We are staying out at Canggu next year for my bro's wedding. A few weeks but out of the rat race and close to the highway for a quick east coast escapade. All I care about is Maskan Padang and Bakso being close... Then I'll be happy! Spook, Good waves all around Turtles... Seek and you will find! Looks like a mate Timmy hasnamed a new wave around there. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 You actually eat bakso? Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted August 21, 2010 Author Share Posted August 21, 2010 I love the way the cart pushers yell it out. Baksoooooooooooooooooooooooooo !! Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Nup. Sorry. I can't bring myself to eat it. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Hey Mantas Nusa Dua is on the upper end of the $ scale but I love staying in some of those flash hotels sometimes. LOTS of Russians arrive for Xmas and Jan. Big huge guys with the little G string and high heel GF's walking around the pool. Sanur is more chilled and getting the boat over to Lembongan is always good, especially the public one. Just leave your longest board out of your bag and ready to go if worse comes to worse. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Love it spook. It's a great arvo snack. Can't wait till I get back for some more coz it's one of those things that you just can't replicate! Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 speaking of weird food, we went to a gnarly market in north sulawesi the other day. those minahasans will eat anything. clubbing dogs to death then blow torching the fur off them, rats, bats, snakes... i was trying to get some shots of the butchers hacking up animals. after blood sprayed all over i just gave up and got outta there Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 I don't know how Bakso is weird though. It's just meatball soup! The meat is a mystery! but so are sausages! That sounds like a pretty hard core experience spook. Have been to so rad markets on our travels, a few which had to be exited very quickly! I found a place in Timor who were very happy to chop up a pup for some satay! Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted August 22, 2010 Author Share Posted August 22, 2010 Puppy satays Mmmmm...Did you get sick Spook (hangovers aside) or is your stomach tuned in to it all now? Here's a photo of an open air style butchers in Krui market . I'd say it's pretty typical of any meat market in Indonesia or anywhere in the third world for that matter. The funny thing is, most people would be shocked to know that even the poshest restaurant in town would get it's meat from here. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Well 2ft on the beachies today on the high tide. Nice fun little junk with some cool young locals. Big swell predicted for Tues - Wed, I fly Tues morn will all the crew heading to Deserts Monday. Not much to do now except finish buying gifts, massages and a long day at the tattoo shop tomorrow. Thinking of getting a big star on my elbow and a huge souuthern cross LOL. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Originally Posted By: Mantas Puppy satays Mmmmm...Did you get sick Spook (hangovers aside) or is your stomach tuned in to it all now? Here's a photo of an open air style butchers in Krui market . I'd say it's pretty typical of any meat market in Indonesia or anywhere in the third world for that matter. The funny thing is, most people would be shocked to know that even the poshest restaurant in town would get it's meat from here. love the guy hacking something up in the back on a tarp!! Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 just got back fom a few days on the coast south of jakart. surf was small small small, so we were pretty lucky to get waves, but scored some fun lefts at sawarna. mantas, indo - you guys surfed much down there? cimaja wasn't breaking, but shiiiit, it's pretty dirty down there. not exactly the most inviting water i've even seen. sawarna, in contrast, was pretty clean. we also drove around a bunch and there's a few other set-ups, but the super small swell wasn't helping matters Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted September 3, 2010 Author Share Posted September 3, 2010 I surfed Cimaja back in 86. It was a nice spot back then but the wave itself wasn't worth the 30 hour overland trip from Bali. Not many other waves in that area were known at that time other than Ombak Tujuh. There was no one in the water though other than a few visitors from Jakarta on the weekend. I just booked a month in Indo next year. June/July. I fly into Jakarta and have a one week leave pass to go chase waves before I meet the family in Bali. I've been looking at West Java as an option, it's a shame you didn't get swell Spook to give it a good review. I'd be happy to go back to S. Sumatra for a week. Do you think the Ments would be a good option for one week ex. Jakarta? Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted September 18, 2010 Author Share Posted September 18, 2010 Absolute shocker. 3 attempts at getting out at Merewether today. Attempt 1- Slipped arse up on the rocks, jumped off, washed straight to the beach. Attempt 2- Smashed 10 feet across the rocks by a wave back into the baths. Attempt 3- Jumped out off the pump house, dragged across the rock shelf, leg rope got caught and I was pinned under water for about as long as my breath could hold. Finally released the legrope and got washed all the way across the rock shelf. Feet slashed to the shithouse....Faaaark Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 damn! take it easy man! we haven't had ANY waves around here in over a month now... Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Doh! Hasn't really kicked in here yet. Surfed this morning, was about 2-5ft. Very inco.. Tomorrow might be the day but might be better suited to a fish in the lake! Hope those feet cuts aren't too bad,. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 oops Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Damn Mantas that sounds like NO fun. Hope you heal quickly. Lime is your best and worse friend Link to post Share on other sites
Ross 4 Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Surf has started to pick up to day here after a month of pond like conditions. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted September 18, 2010 Author Share Posted September 18, 2010 M- Bay today. Maxing out a bit. A lot of close outs and clean ups. Mantas on the side lines today. The Law about to get womped. Looking down toward Dixon Park Not doing it properly Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 awesome stuff... jealous... Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted September 18, 2010 Author Share Posted September 18, 2010 Yeah, mee too. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Solid! Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Nice Mantas.. A few from here early this morning Note the guy pulling off! Link to post Share on other sites
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