Surfing at Uluwatu Bali-part III

The Bukit is a very dry and arid place, with the blazing sun and proximity to the ocean it reminds me a bit of southern California. At the top of the cliffs at Uluwatu and along Jl. Uluwatu heading back to Jimbaran there are hotels and guest houses. More are being made all the time and there is also an internet cafe. The connection probably stinks, but if you need to stay here for a month and don't want to budge, you can. The Bukit is made of limestone and that limestone is trucked all over Bali for roads and other stuff. You can see new building projects that are under way by the masses of limestone spread all around.

Why would you want a home on the Bukit? Well its close to Kuta and a house overlooking Dreamland will take only 20 minutes to get to Kuta. A Mediterranean type of landscape, plenty of open space (right now) soaring property prices and views galore mean someone can build their dream house. A friend of mine told me land close to his house was going for 90m rp per ara (100sq meters) recently. In Kuta / Seminyak it might be 300-400m rp per ara. Heading back along Jl. Uluwatu I passed a wooden sign for Nyang Nyang surfing beach and rode down the heavily rutted dirt track to check it out. The ride was only a few minutes and was able to look out over the deserted sandy beach. I didn't see anyone surfing either and visitors to Kuta should make a note of this. Here is a nice sandy beach without the hassles of Kuta.