2. Surf lesson 1

Surf lesson day !
Exciting day today , our first Bali surf lesson ! We had a ten min drive to our surf school and were on the beach for 1000.
We had two others in our group and a really cool instructor called Dylan, who was so funny. He kept calling James Koko Lomell because of his height , but James wanted to be referred to as James Bond ( he got stuck with Koko Lomell 🤣) . We spent a while in the beach learning about how to carry your surf board , how to hold your board in the sea with waves and of course how to "pop up" once you've caught a wave.
When we were stood up on our boards , Dylan went around all of us and tried to push us off to test our balance and core strength. Once we had this mastered we went into the sea to practice . We only practiced on white water today ( green waves look so scary and it's beyond our competence ) to get to grips with standing up and holding your balance for as long as you can . It was so much fun , James stood up on almost all of them , and I managed to stand up on about 5 of the waves , which is alright for someone as clumsy as me .
It was so much fun but quite tiring as the current was strong and you have to battle through all the white water every time you went back into the sea. We were ready for a coffee afterwards!
There were loads of nice restaurants close by , so we stopped off at what we thought was one of the cheaper ones - but they catch you out as they add on 21 % tax which isn't included in the price list .
For some reason , neither of us have much of an appetite at the moment , so we shared a small meal between us .
Poor James doesn't feel great today , so we headed back to our hotel room for a couple of hours to relax.
We will head out later to have another swim, look at the local stores and get some food . Surfing starts at 11 tomorrow and we both cant wait.
Sorry, no photos of the surfing, we will get some soon!Read more