*I have to jump ahead a little, Danum Valley part 2 will be posted later, I can’t post any pictures right now. Blogging on the go is making my life difficult, especially without a laptop.*
In Bali, we found a different city which is less touristy but is crawling with surfers and is totally chill: Canggu.
Canggu is 30 minutes north of Seminyak and is a great place to hang out, relax, go to the beach, surf, and ride around on your scooter. Thomas wanted to do yoga and I wanted to surf, so we checked in to a surf camp called Solid Surf. We stayed for one week, surfed, did yoga, ate well, and drank beer. It was a great place to meet people and to learn to surf.
We got up early, had yoga, then had breakfast (always super delicious!), and then it was time to go surfing. Everyone at camp always went, we all piled into the car and our surfing teachers brought us to a surfing location, usually Seminyak, and we surfed until early afternoon. While at camp, Thomas had Bahasa Indonesia lessons, so he didn’t go surfing everyday.
After surfing (and sometimes before surfing, too), we went for sunset surfing as well (but I confess, I just watched). By the way, surfing isn’t always surfing, usually it’s paddling, paddling, and then some more paddling. After that, you wait to catch a good wave. And then you have to paddle some more in order to catch the wave and hopefully ride it. Basically, it is tiring!! That’s why I didn’t do any sunrise or sunset surfing, I was usually too tired. By the way, sunsets in Bali are amazing!
Less than one block from Solid is a local restaurant, Warung Heboh. They have awesome, super delicious food at a very reasonable price. We were there almost every day.
Our time at Solid was coming to an end. But we liked Canggu so much, we decided we wanted to stay a little bit longer. Canggu has everything you need, hostels, home stays, beaches, restaurants, bar, cafes, yoga, and shopping, just with less tourists and noise. We checked into a different home stay, Arik’s, and stayed another week. We surfed less, did less yoga, but ate just as much. 🙂
You can get gasoline and fill up your scooters everywhere in Bali. They sell gasoline on the side of the streets and cost between 8,000 to 10,000 rupiah for a litre, which is plenty to scoot yourself around town. Renting scooters is also a bargain at about 45,000 to 50,000 rupiah per day!
The staff at both were excellent and I highly recommend both, especially Solid if you are travelling alone and/or if you want to learn to surf.
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