Freddy's here!

A few days ago I went to the beach in the morning, as usual someone came up to try and sell me something. I actually bought some sunglasses from him, and asked him about renting a surfboard. He brought me to one of his friends who drove me down some crazy alleys on the back of a moped, I ended up finding a 2nd hand surf board to buy for 850,000 Rp (~$85). Bought a rash guard off a guy on the beach, bargained him down to 10,000 Rp. Figured it was better to buy, if you rent at $4 for 2 hours, take it out 2.5 times a day (2 times one day, three times the next...) for 2 weeks, that equals $140. You can find a place in the back alleys to rent one for $4/day, but they're usually cracked, then they break, then they charge you whatever they want. This way I don't have to give any collateral, if it breaks...it breaks. AND I might be able to sell it when I'm done, the whole plan is brilliant.



Picked up Freddy at the airport yesterday, bargained a guy (I love bargaining here) to drive me on the back of a moped for 22,000 Rp. The roads here are crazy, it's kind of a rush :0 So that's about it, we've been trying to surf (Freddy has a boogy board) last night and this morning....but the waves in Kuta beach have been small....too small to pick me up (fatty) on a 6'7" board. Ssssoooo, we've been talking about renting a jeep or something and driving around looking for bigger waves. Kuta has been fun though, pretty cheap too. Signing out.