Uluwatu!! and pics...lots of pics.

Freddy rockin out in Uluwatu

This day was a good day :) Freddy and I woke up at 6am as usual, headed to the beach to surf for a bit as usual. Ate breakfast at the hotel, then we rented a suzuki vehicle (like a sidekick, but called something else). We asked around how to get to Uluwatu, a world famous surf spot. Normally we wouldn't think of going there because it can get really dangerous, massive waves and a razor sharp reef....BUT, we heard that the waves weren't that dangerous right now. Freddy was a wee bit apprehensive about renting a car, but I assured him that right hand drive and these crazy roads could be learned...we could do it. As soon as we left the hotel it turned into worse case scenario. The alleys are as busy as major streets, and so narrow that two cars don't have enough room to pass each other...you just have to hope that two cars aren't trying to go opposite directions (80% of the vehicles are mopeds). When two vehicles are passing each other, one has to find a spot with extra room on the side, the other has to inch by....excess room is no more than a few inches. Freddy was terrified, my heart was racing...I turned the wrong way done a one way (there are no signs!!), had to have traffic stopped for me and someone direct me to correct it. I definitely made contact with a parked moped at one point, eventually making it out to a "normal" street". The regular streets are ridiculously sketchy as well ...honestly there aren't many road rules, mopeds pass on both sides of you, cars will drive down the dotted line if they see an opening to split traffic, it's out of control! I had to be completely focused at all times, completely insane.

After 2 hours and a bunch of wrong turns we made it to Uluwatu (normally takes 40 minutes). What a beautiful place. Amazing cave entrances to the water, turquoise water, you can see the reef as the first few hundred meters are only a few feet deep. There were tons of surfers there, probably 100....way too many. I'm sorry to say that I didn't actually "ride" any waves, but I definitely got destroyed a few times trying to ride them. I'm stoked to have gone to Uluwatu, people come from all around the world to surf there (we heard all sorts of languages out there).

To top the whole day off I got to talk to Kristen tonight, it's amazing how much you can miss someone after only one week.

More exploring the island of Bali tomorrow!!


Just hanging out...wow, that was awesomely (is that a word?) cheezy.


Cop who pulled us over ended up loving the camera.
This kind of thing is everywhere....and this was a crazy busy street.

We asked if we could take a picture in the "Padang's" kitchen.