Laundry service

I'm not sure if it was officially on my bucket list but I'll still check off Surfing in Indonesia! Just had a great day with a local named Deo who took me to some "beginner" waves. Australian and Indonesian beginner seems to be a bit different. Unlike Aus, there wasn't a beach. They drive you out in a longtail boat to the waves and then the boat waits for you. Surfing is already really tiring, it's a full body workout that takes everything out of you. And since we were just in the middle of the ocean I couldn't even rest on a beach. Its like toboggoning- the going down part is amazing, but then you're at the bottom and have to walk up, or with surfing you have to paddle. I got a lot of good waves though! I even caught some green, unbroken ones which I left off trying to do in Australia. Deo helped a lot, giving an extra push into the big ones if I couldn't paddle hard enough. He picked out the good ones for me too. He made me laugh because his English was really good so he could actually joke around. Usually it's hard to joke with someone who's first language isn't English. One of my favorites was when I paddled back after a good wipeout he asked me if I had laundry service. At first I thought it was a weird place to be marketing his laundry business but Asians never miss out on a chance to advertise. But then I realized he was talking about me in the waves. When you get crushed by a wave spins you around- I thought that was pretty clever. Despite my liberal application of sunscreen I still got burnt. It's hard to avoid because you usually sweat it off the minute you apply it, and then add ocean water and you might as well just skip it.
I was trying to decide if I should stay here one more day or head on to Ubud and I've decided to head to Ubud tomorrow morning. I would love to surf again tomorrow but I dont think I can take the sun again. I've been on a beach for almost a month which has been great but now it's time to head inland again. I'm looking forward to Ubud, I plan to do a lot of yoga and relax. Although I've really been relaxing for this entire trip! I've been trying to book my flight but it's frustrating because everytime I get close the internet goes down or some error happens. Maybe they make it hard so you never leave. Which wouldn't be terrible, everyone here is so nice! They'll offer to bring you anywhere on their scooters. been after dinner I saw one of the surf teachers and he offered me a ride.
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