Category Archives: Indonesia
Curren & Co. Rip Tidal Bore
RipCurl’s Search crew has gone pretty far afield for their latest adventure, sending a team to Sumatra to surf one of the biggest tidal bores ever seen. The bono, or wave, is on the Kampar River, across the Straits of … Continue reading
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Tagged antony 'yep' colas, kampar bono, riau province, river surfing, tidal bore, tom curren
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East of Bali: Surfing Indonesia
May 5: The reef is more than a kilometer from shore. At low tide you can wade out through cultivated plots of agar seaweed, over steps of nubby coral and basins of sand. Big red starfish dot the aquascape like … Continue reading
Cylindrical Houses
After three days of public bus (indo style) and masses of bullshit I got there, Southwest coast of S. that is….. 32 hours of village interrogation I went straight to the south coast. Hitching had never been so easy, rarely … Continue reading
Indonesia Surf Beta
Travelers to Indonesia are granted 60-day visas on arrival. You can renew by leaving the country briefly and returning. Flights to Indo go from Penang, Singapore and Darwin. Inter-island travel is best done by boat. The Pelni Boats are a … Continue reading