Here are a few photos of a demonstration of surfing by Reef International pro surfers, they were being towed into clean peeling waves on Kuta Beach with the aid of a jet ski. It added a whole new range of possibilities having instant speed and being able to hit the waves that normally would never enable you to generate this much momentum,..

lighting conditions bad and I only have a small Canon G10 at the moment so these are more to show what went down,.rather than premium surf shots enjoy,..

3 days in Singapore, well that was enough, I would have liked to check out the concrete bowls but hey maybe another time,..Staying in a dorm room was ok for 3 nights but I am glad to be getting back to my own room, snoring and scratching sounds and no ear plugs not so great for sleeping, however great internet here at Fernloft Hostel so I managed to go through and insert pics in my blog and update it. I have a new visa and am a few Singapore dollars lighter, all good.. forgotten how good a hot shower is!

Singapore is known for being exceptionally modern, clean and well presented,.. the district known as Little India in Singapore reminds me of Easton in Bristol and Sparkhill in Birmingham, Indian culture seems to always do a pretty good job thriving in a run down area or maybe running an area down? I am not so sure which perspective I have so far, well taking a walk through here and the place is definitely full of all the character, sights and most definitely smells that I have encountered in other Indian districts worldwide,..There are no Indians in Bali that I know, andy its only coming here that I have realised that fact, but there is no shortage of them here, felt like being back in Bristol..Moustaches and curry smells, omnipresent.

Dropped in a new Visa application at the Indonesian Embassy in Singapore yesterday, compared to Bangkok the Embassy is a lot bigger and a lot cleaner and the process is two days instead of 3. PS you need to wear long trousers I wasnot allowed in wearing shorts so I had to rent some for a dollar.  However before that  I took some great photos from the plane window of some Indonesian Volcanoes, will try and post some photos soon have so many now I want to share of the last 4 months or so.

I have had lots on my mind recently with land titles and business dealings with locals I have not been in the headspace for blog updates. Singapore is super clean and expensive however I have just discovered it has a brand new skatepark so I think I will check that out later and maybe borrow a bike or a board for a roll around. Put my old knees through their paces.. staying in a hostel for three nights called Fernloft in little India heres their site if you need cheap clean accomodation in Singapore  http://www.fernloft.com/ about 10 GBpounds a night in a dorm room which is good in this super expensive city…

Back in Kuta Bali, flying to Singapore tomorrow for a new visa, never been to Singapore before only 3 days there and back to Bali again. Still surfing with my friend Johnny but I think he is going back to England soon.

photos from the lawyers office when the balance on my land was paid, still not completed yet legally but a few steps closer, farmer and wife fingerprinting their land over,, They blew the meeting out twice on two previous occasions and after waiting for 4 hours today they finally turned up, they kept pulling over on the road and started arguing amongst themselves over the money. Well this is what 30k pound sterling in Indonesia Rupiah looks like..

We stayed for 4 days, it has been said that when all the correct wind direction, swell dirextion, swell size and tide conditions come together it is the bext left handed barrelling wave in the world. Well me and Johnny Rad went on the 2 hr trip from Mataram Lombok on our mopeds and spent 4 days here. It is a moped ride with beautiful views of beaches, islands palm trees and mountains, local cultures and new mosques in the process of construction. Situated in Bangko Bangko, the wave is remote and it is a pretty boring and desolate place when the wave is not working, we surfed about 3 hrs each day and had it good for 4 hours one morning with only 6 of us in the sea. The wave goes from mush to barelling perfection as the tide drops from high to mid then back to mush again, however this can all be different the following day. The ride is long and fast and we knew we had scored it at about 70% of its full glory. When its on there can be a hundred people in the water. Groups of Hawaiians, Brazilians and Australian barell hungry Alpha males all fight over this one between June July and August when it can be on most days.. We scored it with no aggro but there are frequent fights here over waves and drop ins galore, I will be coming back and try and get it on again between seasons… Pics below are an assortment of 4 days there. You ban see how the break tuns from mush to barrel and back to mush again as the tide turns, So then it is nasi goreng (fried rice) and sunset time until the tides turn again, Johnny Rad surfing…

Johnny Rad under the lip

Intenet here is slow,… business is slow,.. time keeps ticking and feels like nothing is moving on..

Lombok has many wild monkeys and if a road passes through a forest area with lots of them the tourist maps label them a monkey forest, this is one on the way to the waterfalls,..