My mixed juice took about 15 minutes to arrive and during that period a couple of vendors tried to persuade me to buy a t-shirt or get a massage. The juice was a thick mixture of banana, papaya and something else and was okay for 8,000rp. This is one of the cool things about Bali for a surfer, you can actually live at the beach and get cheap accommodation, food and drinks and ding repair. No girls here though, for that you have to go to Kuta as the Bukit really isn't a nightlife place…yet. Close to the end of the cliff overlooking the surf is a little bale with locals hanging out. Next to that is a new sign, which says photography here is the sole right of locals now. I ignored it and snapped many photos of the surfing right at the end of the cliff.
I'm not sure if they are trying to tax tourists or corner the market in commercial surf photography, probably the latter. There are westerners based here who make a living shooting surfers and selling CD's with 10 shots for 1m rp. Not surprising the locals want that moneymaker for themselves.
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G’Day Nick,
A bit of a rort this sign!. Next thing you know they’ll erect a sign ‘Viewing for locals only’.
When they smell money they start pulling this kind of stuff. Hopefully it won’t affect regular tourists.
Hey you seem to know a bit. Is it possible to get cheap accommodation for a month? I heard u cud get it at AUS $60/month.
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rob
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