Kuta Beach Con't/SURFING

After a couple of days of lounging on the beach we decided we were ready to take on surfing. During our oh so weird experience of being accosted by locals while rendered immobile by drying henna tattoos (see last post), we had met a local named Mateo who promise to have us standing on surf boards in 15 minutes or less. We arrived on the beach and were greeted by Mateo and his nameless sidekick who briefly (VERY briefly-as in 15 words or less) explained to us how to surf. We then followed them out into the surf and waited for our first wave. I was pretty skeptical standing up within 15 minutes, but sure enough, Court was standing up on her first try and I was on my second. Clearly we're naturals lol. We surfed for about on hour with our respective instructors while fielding questions about our personal lives. I'm pretty used to this and pulled out the same story I always do (got married last year, but my husband is still in school so he couldn't come on this trip or he's at a business meeting and I'm on my way to meet him. I vary it depending on how creeped out I feel). Court on the other hand made the mistake of saying she was single and spent the rest of her lesson being invited back to Sumatra to meet Mateo's family, etc. Lol. All very harmless, but still pretty funny. Overall, I was really pleased at how the whole experience went. Would definitely surf again!

That night we made our second attempt at locating the night market for dinner. This time we found the night market, but, unfortunately, it didn't actually have any prepared food and was a total bust. I was very disappointed. Kuta and Gili are both really really weak on street food. It's hard to find and either totally bland or drenched in disgusting grease with crazy hot peppers mixed in. I miss Jakarta street noodles and Filipino street markets.