We were in Kuta a month ago, and we had lots of fun trying to learn to surf. We decided we wanted to return for another visit, and we spent 5 more nights at the beach. We like watching the sunsets here.
Kuta has a lively and colorful beach scene.
This is Carlos and Bianca, who were honeymooning in Bali. Bianca is German and Carlos is Spanish. They were in Ubud at the same time we were, and we rode together on 1-day cycling tour.
We were surprised and delighted when we saw them at our hotel in Kuta. We spent time on the beach and enjoyed several dinners together, which enabled us to become friends quickly.
While in Kuta we wanted to practice surfing, so we took another lesson. We learned a lot through making mistakes. Kristina tried to ride a wave that was closing out (breaking all at once). She and the surfboard took a nose dive, then she belly flopped.
Here Pete has angled his board too much across the wave for his skill level, which caused him to stay near the top of the breaking wave. If successful, this technique is known as a floater. As you can tell, he wasn't successful.
And the third thing we learned was "don't ride too close together when you can't control the direction of the surfboard!" As Pete falls, his board knocks Kristina down too.
Of course, Kristina still struck a few dance poses as she tried to retain her balance.
We had fun and made some progress on our surfing skills, as well as started learning how to read the waves.
And we got to use our new board shorts. They helped prevent board rash and we think they look cool too.
This is Harry with Kristina at the surf school. Harry took photos of us surfing both on this visit and a month ago. He is an avid surfer and we enjoyed talking with him. He is Hindu and is married to a Muslim woman. Through our travels in Indonesia we've met two other couples that also have interfaith marriages, making us realize that it's not that uncommon, although the Indonesian government only legally allows a marriage when it is conducted according to one religion.
After two days of surfing, we were sunburned and sore. It was a bit of a relief that the size of the waves were getting too big for us, and we opted to watch them from the shore.
We also liked our hotel that had an open, resort-like feel. Kristina is enjoying happy hour on the deck by our room.
Here's another shot of the sunset. We have loved our time in Bali. Next we go back to Singapore for two days to (hopefully) get our China visas, then on to Japan.
Kuta has a lively and colorful beach scene.
This is Carlos and Bianca, who were honeymooning in Bali. Bianca is German and Carlos is Spanish. They were in Ubud at the same time we were, and we rode together on 1-day cycling tour.
We were surprised and delighted when we saw them at our hotel in Kuta. We spent time on the beach and enjoyed several dinners together, which enabled us to become friends quickly.
While in Kuta we wanted to practice surfing, so we took another lesson. We learned a lot through making mistakes. Kristina tried to ride a wave that was closing out (breaking all at once). She and the surfboard took a nose dive, then she belly flopped.
Here Pete has angled his board too much across the wave for his skill level, which caused him to stay near the top of the breaking wave. If successful, this technique is known as a floater. As you can tell, he wasn't successful.
And the third thing we learned was "don't ride too close together when you can't control the direction of the surfboard!" As Pete falls, his board knocks Kristina down too.
Of course, Kristina still struck a few dance poses as she tried to retain her balance.
We had fun and made some progress on our surfing skills, as well as started learning how to read the waves.
And we got to use our new board shorts. They helped prevent board rash and we think they look cool too.
This is Harry with Kristina at the surf school. Harry took photos of us surfing both on this visit and a month ago. He is an avid surfer and we enjoyed talking with him. He is Hindu and is married to a Muslim woman. Through our travels in Indonesia we've met two other couples that also have interfaith marriages, making us realize that it's not that uncommon, although the Indonesian government only legally allows a marriage when it is conducted according to one religion.
After two days of surfing, we were sunburned and sore. It was a bit of a relief that the size of the waves were getting too big for us, and we opted to watch them from the shore.
We also liked our hotel that had an open, resort-like feel. Kristina is enjoying happy hour on the deck by our room.
Here's another shot of the sunset. We have loved our time in Bali. Next we go back to Singapore for two days to (hopefully) get our China visas, then on to Japan.
