Adam, you are right, this year and especially that time of the year it’s especially bad. The government got some flak already from a recent TIMES articles about the problem and there seem some activities in place now to remedy the situation. Yeah, the Minister for Culture and Tourism, Jero Wacik, still thinks the garbage just comes from the sea and only from outside of Bali, but thankfully he is pretty alone with his opinion. The current governor fortunately seems to be of a different caliber.

Let’s hope for the best that the powers that be get their acts together and help reducing the amount of garbage and improving the situation as much as its in their hands.

The East Coast is far and wide, although most people go surfing either on the west coast or the real Pros do it at Uluwatu. The East Coast is more for windsurfing or sailing, due to the stronger winds and the lagoons and reef in front.

I’ll be hitting bali in october and possibly staying for four months, I’m looking to surf my time away so I suspect the east coast would be the best home for me. Do you know of any budget accom on the east coast that would have good surf near by, a few bars, and cheap and cheerfull accom? I’ve heard stories of the big hotels being a lot cheaper in the off season? My budget per day will be 310,500 IDR, will that suffice?