Gili Islands Part Tree

All pictures courtesy of Max Wan Gomez and his kick-ass camera... (I want one).

I think i was really stressed in this moment...

Jumping for Joy... thanks Bintang, I love you.

Ballerz

Max and Me

mmm... Bintang

I think the water in this pool was about 90 degrees and the beer around 39

Gili Islands...Part Duex

All pictures courtesy of Max Wan Gomez and his kick-ass camera... (I want one).

I don't really know what to write about these pictures, just beautiful.

Gili Islands.... Part 1

All pictures courtesy of Max Wan Gomez and his kick-ass camera... (I want one).

Juan, Habi, Max and Me en route to the Gilis

A curious new friend of ours, Bob Marley of the sea. One relaxed ass animal.

Step 1: Keep your eye on the prize and don't look down...

Step 2: Use your locally learned coconut hacking skills and a machete to get to the goods.

Step 3: Enjoy natures natural vitamin water and then find a seashell on the beach to scrape out the meat from within.

I heart the Gili Islands

Getting Loud on "Silent Day"

The three Gili Islands.

Got back from Nusa Lembongan today. Some fun waves over on that island. Most people go for the diving which I heard is amazing but didn't try yet. The waves break over colorful and totally live coral which you can see below through aquarium clear water while surfing. The coral was beautiful but also apparently pretty dangerous. In fact, one of the waves there is aptly named Lacerations. It didn't break while I was there so i surfed this more consistent spot called Shipwrecks.

Kannish came with me to do some research about accommodation prices because he is trying to organize a 30 day trip for a travel agency so that was cool, but other than diving and surfing there wasn't much else to do. It was otherwise all couples vacationing or honeymooning. No night life whatsover. But now, I'm headed to the super small (you can walk around the main island in an hour) Gili Islands in a couple days where there is not much surf but i guess some crazy party on the 26th. The 26th is a Balinese holiday called Silent Day. Literally everything shuts down. No planes fly in or out, the electricity turns off, noone leaves their houses, tourists can't even leave their hotel. So, all the westerners take off for the Gilis off the coast of Lombok. I guess so many people went last year that there wasn't enough accommodation and people either passed out and slept on the beach or partied all night. Should be a damn good time. They're party islands. Pretty much everything is tolerated there, kind of like Amsterdam, so it's a major backpacker stopping off point. Going with three cool Spanish guys from the Canary Islands that I met at Bingin. Check out Max and Javier on my Facebook friends list. Max takes some damn good pictures and and is working on becoming a professional photographer. Maybe he'll let me use some of his shots on here to share since my camera is busted.

Green Ball

Poached shot of Green Ball since my "waterproof" camera is full of water.

Found and surfed a new spot this morning called Green Ball for about 3 hours, so much fun. Head high and fast rights with just a few other guys. One of my favorite surf sessions of the trip so far. After that, just did some exploring. Driving down random, tiny roads into small beach side villages that must rarely get visited by tourists because the locals seemed so surprised to see me. Off a tip from as friendly local, drove my bike down the narrowest dirt path between palm trees and cow pastures to a tiny pristine white sand beach with a only a couple other surfers on a nice wedgy wave. Asked a guy what the name of the break was and he said he only knew at as "secret spot." Nice.

First Real Swell of the Season Arrives

Cheapo sunglasses salesman and us in our new shades.

We made him release it later to make peace with the Paccha Mama.

Nice one at Impossibles. Shot with my waterproof camera while surfing.

Another good one. Fun day, rides so long your legs are tired by the time you kick out.

Sequence of me out front at Bingin.

Bali in my Eyes

Ate a mushroom turned into Bali
Didn't look it just jumped down my throat
I was starting to die until I
Took a trip to Bali
Their eyes are god
In a glass full of jelly
Bali in my eyes
My skin turned the color of the earth
I felt like a tree
People asked my name the next day
They remembered who I was
I took off my shoes
And my feet they took root
I've got Bali in my eyes
When I opened up my eyes first thing
Early light in Bali
What a day it's gonna be I think
It looks good already
So hold me close before
All the doors start knocking!
Bali in my eyes...

Got introduced to this interesting "Porno for Pyros" song by Hugo
while partying the night of my birthday, thought I'd share.