Wai Tuo Balak

Krui was recommended to me several times as a nice surfspot, being more traditional and natural and less crowded, than many others. Can confirm all of that. 😎
I wasn't able to catch some waves, as the beginner spot only had nice waves on my day of arrival, when I was too tired to jump into the waves. 😅 Nevertheless I enjoyed some nice quite days, using my hammock a lot and had a day of exploring the surroundings by scooter, too.
Weather was amazing, and as there was already off-season not many people around, only met a few travellers, mostly surfers, and some local tourists.
Krui's coastline is amazing, mostly natural and rural, aside from the well developed and unusually clean city beach, which was not too busy and had uncountable wave breaks, nice for swimming, but surfspots bit out, still close to the beach. The surfspots for beginners-intermediates had nice waves, but I'm still not feeling ready for reef breaks, as you can get serious cuts or injuries, if your not knowing what you're doing. Watching and enjoying the nice shoreline filled my days very nicely, too. As beginner-waves were still not coming, I made a day trip with a scooter to explore pure beauty of nature, empty, natural beaches and rocky coasts, admiring nature's beauty and ocean's powers. Following some interesting street signs without knowing where they lead to, I ended up at a hidden bat cave - unfortunately my headlight was in my backpack, so only saw dozens of bats going in and out, hearing their screamings and smelling their leftovers. 😅 A nice hidden stairway, nearly down to sealevel, brought me there, way back was a short but exhausting climb, Sumatra's heat and humidity are killing, if you're hiking. 🥵
Back at my scooter, needing a rest, I got in touch with the cave-keeper, invited me to drink some "Lampung coffe" with them. Turned out, it was a special kind of tea with loads of sugar... 😅. While 3 of his sons were actually working on construction of a tiny little mosque on the tip of the hill, his 4th son sat with his grandson and him next to the site, supporting and supervising the work. Had some nice talks (thanks to Google translate, again 😅), learned that gaining the funds for the tiny mosque took around 3 years, while construction, all by themselves, took around one year. After saying goodbye to three generations of cave-keepers I went back to Krui city in the sunset in one of the most beautiful, untouched landscapes, I've seen for now. 🥰
All in all, nice relaxing days, a lot of great street food, meeting some more amazingly friendly people, learning some more Indonesian words, I was fine to leave back to Lampung, heading to Java, finally. 😊Read more