^ you mean bargain up?

I thought barter was "I'll swap you my shoe for your potato"

From Indonesia to Ireland in a couple of posts....impressive.

It's actually really fun to see the confused look on their faces.
Personally it doesn't bother me paying an extra couple of bucks for something to someone who's monthly income is probably my hourly wage.
I'm sure there's some tight arses who'd disagree.
As for crowds. Unfortunately it's only going to get worse. Deal with it or don't go. Easy.

Or the many cheap n cheerful rooms at some of the " pubs/restaurants" bamboo walls floors stilts and a fan
N, mossie net about $17 night. Stayed at the indah kuta last year, basic infact not flash even but all the bungalows were in the process of being re furnished done up flashed up...prob finished by now.....pretty cheap decent breaky but eat all other meals elsewhere , jawa 1 and jawa 2 wicked

Or

Gerupuk has heaps of " home stay" available suggest SEAMONKEYS heaps of Norwegian/ northern euro ladies there last year!!!! so if surf is flat at least the scenery isn't

Novotel real flash exe by indo standards but when a backpacker in Perth is the same price!!!! F u c k it why not

6 years ago we were getting twin share rooms at the Novatel with family for $40 bucks a night with huge breaky ,its now around $160 without good while it lasted crowds quadrupled and so did prices

they "fit" the board into their baggage containers so if you on the smaller plane its 6'2 if you are on a bigger one the length goes up. have heard of blokes sawing the nose off at the airport and getting it fixed in bali!!!! Check with their oversize baggage policy and CHARGES!!!!

Monkers said..

Thanks for the Accoms tips chaps ... I think I will give the surfers inn a crack at least for a few days and then take it from there.

I have had mixed reports about taking boards to Lombok on jetstar .. Official line is max 6'2" incl boad bag ... But someone I spoke to said u can just rock up and they will check in a longer board ?? My shortest board is 7'2" cause I'm a fat bastard .. Anyone know what u can get away with on jetstar to and from Lombok ?? Or any tips on board hire in Lombok??

Jetstar is a gamble. Planes are not yet running to Lombok from Perth I didn't think, when it starts I think they are a320 which says no bigger than 6'2". I've been through this a few times and have always been able to get my boards on the a320 with Jetstar but only on the indo operated services. Services operated by Aussie crew will not let them on. I have checked in boards at Perth airport to aussie crew that never measured the boards but the flight was staffed by indos, Biggest board I put on was a 6'6" in a triple bag.

U either take the chance or take a hacksaw blade in case and get it fixed in kuta. Good luck, I used to love Lombok.

I never fly Jetstar anymore. They don't like surfers, they run late and cancel flights with little warning.

I was going to go this December until I heard about the board size limit & the crowds these days. My 2 smallest boards are both 6'4...think I'll just head down to the Great Southern again instead

subasurf said..

I've always felt over the past few years that Bali (well, Kuta) brings out the worst in the visitors and locals alike.

More than the last few years subasurf, I remember being there in 1982 and a bus load of aussies on the pub crawl run were hanging out of the window shouting suck my c#*k , classy! Ah those were the days.

What plane were you on A 380?