Surfed 2 rounds today. Everybody including myself thought it was going to be small and too high tide this morning. When I got to Bowls at 6am, it was just that. Then 7am came and everything changed. The waves started pumping! It turned out to be the best day in a while! Perfect conditions and just a couple locals out. We totally scored!
Then Hashimoto-san arrived this morning from Japan so we went for an afternoon surf. Still uncrowded and perfect 3′ waves!
I just surfed with Hashimoto-san 2 months ago and he got bigger and stronger! Today was the first time in his life he did off the lips. Beautiful surfing!
When I first went to Bali 30 years ago, I think the exchange rate was like 6000IDR to 1USD. Now it’s 15,920IDR to 1USD. A very wise man told me 10 years ago that I should never invest in the Indonesia banking system because of inflation. He said that no matter what interest the bank will give you, inflation will always be higher. Thank goodness I listened to him because inflation is crazy in Indonesia and it’s not stopping anytime soon. So even if you get this great exchange rate, you’re still paying a lot more for everything. It didn’t make any sense 30 years ago but it sure does now.
