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Balangan (Bali Bukit)

Spent two weeks surfing Sumbawa, a nice bumby 1 day ferry and busride from Bali. It was a relief getting away from Kuta that just gets too much sometimes. Ofcourse, there's also many good spots around the Bali Bukit to surf instead of like me heading into unknown territories. Scored beautiful waves on Sumbawa although one could just rent a motorbike and ride about 20 minutes to find world class breaks away from Kuta Beach. Balangan is the closest spot followed by Dreamlands (sandbreak), Bingin (shallow, nice hollow waves), Impossibles (fast), Padang-Pandang and Ulu Watu. Six years ago there were virtually no construction except local residences on the Bukit peninsula. Today there's a cluster of new buildings either completed, planned or under construction. Actually, most buildings are still residentals but mainly owned by foreigners. Australians, Italian, French, American, Japanese and Brasilians are heavily represented. Landprices are increasing and this is probably the area developing the most (not counting Seminyak). A 18-hole golfcourse is also under construction just on the cliff overlooking Balangan and Dreamlands.
2006-aug-19 @ 2:52:52 pm Permalink
Tags: bali, indonesia, balangan, surfing, development, asia


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