Has anyone here got any hot tips for accommodation at Balian? I've been plenty of times but not for a couple of years and looks to be a heap of new places sprung up. PP is now ridiculously over priced so thought I might try something different.
Thanks

Normally stay at Istana with Michael and Komang rooms are good food excellent if not there then at the Balian Villas that now rent out rooms you can see straight into the break from the room top.

get both for around 50-60 / night

Thanks guys. Should have added in that I am a lazy pri#k and don't want to have to walk down the hill. Perhaps the south side may be the go now

LateStarter said..
Watch out for the bull sharks mate - avoid surfing after rain!

Totally agree, we saw some swirls, tails and boils in front of the river

The right hander is a better wave but a good one puts you right in front of the river mouth - the water is creepy and you just want to get the hell out of there - and then you see another nice wave swing through and you go another one ha ha

Balian Riverside.
What dates you there Mitch?

Yeah mate, 18-26 October. Make sure you're not there when the Russians have bought the Peak, was a right prick last year.

smicko said..
Yeah mate, 18-26 October. Make sure you're not there when the Russians have bought the Peak, was a right prick last year.

When we were there a huge Russian bloke paddled out too far to the right and ended up on that Rip and got dragged across the beach and right across a Balinese blokes fishing line, legitimately got tangled in the line and one of the boys had to paddle out and explain to him why he was going no where ha ha

That was funny but surfing with 5 or 6 of them on the inside was not