Then he also asked us if we wanted some jiggy-jig', he offered. We looked at each other, because we didn't know that 'jiggy-jig' term, so we asked him. He was laughing and said clearly,'women' and 'sex'. We were married at that time and pretty tired after our 14 hour flight. We told him thanks but no thanks.

The place he took us to didn't seem to bad, specially at 12:00 at night, and pretty cheap. It`s about $15 bucks each a night. However, in the morning when we woke up in our 'sweat box' and took a second look where we staying.

Our first day out, we went to the famous Uluwatu and it was pumping 6 to 8 foot backs and kind a scary for our first time in Bali. Remember, we came from Hawaii and were used to surfing big waves but even my friend and I were like, 'damn!' this is pretty big. We caught some great waves and were having a great time until we got caught inside on a 10 ft. set. I remember when we were looking each other as the set broke about 10 feet in front of us and both yelled "Shit!!". Everybody I think got worked but I was thinking to myself underwater, am I ever going to come up. Of course, I have been held down before, but this time when I came up for my first breath, I had respect for Ulu's. We went to Uluwatu almost every day as the swell dropped. We were told that was the best swell of the year and seemed uncrowded until it dropped to 3 to 5 feet. We counted over 90 people in the water and looked elsewhere to surf.

There are no rules or speed limits! It`s a free for all road game, and I don`t recommend it if you are not a seasoned rider. If you get in an accident, you`re guilty no matter who`s fault it is. Their thinking is if you`re not here on vacation, it wouldn't have happened.

However, after we got to Medewi, we were rewarded with perfect 200 yards of wave to shred. It was 4 to 6 feet and only 10 surfers out. The problem was that the other 8 surfers were locals and had this place wired and didn't know it was wrong to 'drop in'. For the first time in Bali, there was attitude in the water, and, unlike the States or your home break, you could express yourself. Here, in Indonesia, it is best not to make a scene.

We surfed the next few days without a problem and made some friends. Well, our time was running out and we only had 2 days left of our 2 week stay. After we made it back to Kuta, we had to do normal stuff, you know, go shopping for our wives and friends because things here are so cheap. I knew when we got on the plane that I would be coming back to this special place every year to explore and surf the hundreds of breaks that we missed. After coming to Indonesia for over 5 years and exploring the different islands, like : Lombok, Sumbawa, Java, Nias (Sumatera), and the Mentawai island. I knew that this is where I wanted to live. Now, I live in Bali and have been surfing almost every day and started a company called BALI SURFING TOURS Since 1998.