A pot of gold awaits…
Ain’t no finer joint to spread your eagle wings than the Mentawais.
And, for the past six months, all those skippers and resort owners working in that dazzling chain of seventy islands who didn’t swing back to their home countries in a COVID panic, have been raking their teeth across the archipelago’s erected cherry nipple.
Want a slice of the Mentawais, as it was before the great boat rush?
Kandui Resort in the northern Ments, real close to Kandui Lefts and Rifles, a left and right pair that will make you gasp or maybe death rattle depending on the swell, has offered tubesteak aficionados a way into the Ments.
In a WhatsApp message, the resort outlined how it could getcha into Indo and to their resort.
Here’s what you gotta do:
Book a ten-day trip to Kandui Resort.
Get a PCR swab test (the nose one) to prove you ain’t got the bug.
Pay $US1700 for a sixty-day Indonesian visa. The resort has lowered its daily rate from $US295 to $US195 to help offset the cost.
During a recent swell, a group from Bali came to the resort and, well, here are the photos.
Got time, a little money, can find flight and don’t mind quarantining when you swing home?
Will you ever go home?
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Most with money and a non Indo passport are trying to get the fuck out of the joint!
A certain virus is out of control there… !
Surf and die?
You go there first Derek.. as a guinea pig..!!! ? More like a Babi Hutan!!! :)))))
KR needs to watch their step.
Dont fall for this bullshit.
2020 all bets are off.
I’m a blue collar man. I pick it up by osmosis.
I really want to take a yacht from the “the northern part” of Australia with friends and sail to some of those turquoise blue waters of Indo, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, etc…. Anyone have a yacht and can I be your friend? Will take pics …
Every day its smells more.
Covid is such a hoax. So far worldwide it’s killed less than a typical flu season. Cancer has killed more people than the flu and covid combined this year.
And all ready in Aus lots of compulsory vaccine talk.
Yeahh bex boy .. obviously get ur news from Sky and Fakebook do u?
Probably watch Fox News as well..
Probably a supporter of the three stooges.. Trump Duterte Bolsanaro and throw in braying Boris too
Brainwashed Bunny!
Whew! Okay. Good to know. I was wondering what the facts really were.
Glad I heard em on an Internet forum from “Nose Hose”.
What dream trip. This may be the future of world travel. Get tested so the illuminati can collect everyone’s DNA and then make our more docile clone replacements
Fine, is fair assessment.Tout est bien qui finit bien.
Yeah, Bobcat had some epic stand-up routines. Unfortunately he always seemed to be chasing that magic he created in the first Police Academy, and sort got painted into a type cast corner. Although that character made sense in Scrooge.
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As I think fluent in English I admit have issue understanding that quote (my wife laughed and suggest author is either a virgin or gay). I can only assume author profit from posting as seem to me unsafe and foolish idea. Is similar Stab or Inertia no? Advertising as content .
It’d be good in the voice of Bobcat Goldthwait too.
Lovely to see , you too , want Happy Ending ….
If a had a nickel for every time Joe drooled over a guy because he works out I’d be rich.
Further more…how many farmers, construction workers etc. are doing this each day to pay their rent with no need for adoration?
Putting this shit out for people to see is a complete wank.
oh that asian persuasion
How many packs of loud Brazilians will be there? If that number is low, the cost could be worth it.
It would be the same on Sri Lanka, if the packs of Israelis were absent. Good time of the year to be there.
Our family left Australia recently , Mid July , and it was not easy to get a visa …. yes a visa to leave . We managed to get out as we were traveling to a country where 3 of us are citizens and one of us ( me ) has a resident’s permit, and my wife had a new contract as a medical specialist in a large hospital , as well as a new rental agreement , container shipping details etc etc . All this arranged by an immigration lawyer . So if you are Australian , make sure you have the right to leave , before you spend cash on Indonesian Visas or Flights or Accomodation .
Things can change rapidly but these were the requirements to leave a month ago;
Australians and permanent residents
If you are an Australian citizen or a permanent resident you cannot leave Australia due to COVID-19 restrictions unless you have an exemption. You can apply online but you must meet at least one of the following:
your travel is as part of the response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including the provision of aid
your travel is essential for the conduct of critical industries and business (including export and import industries)
you are travelling to receive urgent medical treatment that is not available in Australia
you are travelling on urgent and unavoidable personal business
you are travelling on compassionate or humanitarian grounds
your travel is in the national interest.
You must provide evidence to support your claims. Requests may be finalised without further consideration if insufficient evidence is provided. Evidence may include:
passport/s
marriage certificate/s
birth certificate/s
death certificate/s
proof of relationship (for example, shared tenancy agreement, joint bank account etc.)
proof that you are moving to another country on a long term basis such as leases, job offers and evidence your goods are being transported
proof of your current valid visa, including in Australia and/or overseas
letter from a doctor or hospital about any medical treatment/condition with statements on why travel is necessary
letter from an employer showing why the travel is necessary or that the work undertaken by you is critical
statement or evidence to show when you wish to return to Australia
any other proof you may have to support your claims.
All evidence supporting a travel exemption claim needs to be officially translated into English.
You should apply for an exemption at least two weeks, but not more than three months before your planned travel. Please make only one request per person. Duplicate requests will delay assessment.
If you are not granted an exemption, you should not continue with your travel plans. If granted an exemption, you must take evidence of that exemption decision to the airport.
You are exempt if you are:
ordinarily resident in a country other than Australia
an airline, maritime crew or associated safety worker
a New Zealand citizen holding a Special Category (subclass 444) visa
engaged in the day-to-day conduct of outbound freight
associated with essential work at Australian offshore facilities
travelling on official government business, including members of the Australian Defence Force.
If you do not think you need a travel exemption, you can present this evidence when you check-in at the airport. However, if you have any doubt about whether your circumstances fall within the definition of ordinarily resident, we recommend you lodge a request for assessment at least two weeks prior to your intended departure.
And if you want to come into the country, come in as an overseas student into SA.
I live in Vic and can’t travel to SA, but if you are Chinese and have a bag of cash, you are most welcome.
James, I think I saw a headline that 9 out of 10 request to leave are denied.
First time I ever needed a visa to leave my own country and then we weren’t 100% sure that the EC were going to let me back in .
All’s well that ends well .
Reminds me of a story
Three kids were caught jumping the fence at Brisbane Bronco’s SunCorp Stadium and looked extremely disappointed when security guards forced them to climb back over the fence and watch the rest of the match .
That reminds me of jumping the perimeter fence at Irvine Meadows to sneak into a concert, back when Lion Country Safari was still open. “We have to make this happen. Failure is not an option. Just look behind you! It’s a jungle back there! You wanna get eaten by a fucking lion?! Yeah, neither do I!”
Caveat: we weren’t in actual danger of being eaten by lions where we were sneaking in from. But that didn’t stop us from telling chicks we could have been.
Make sure you come back and get your vaccination.
Getting back in equally difficult with quotas for all incoming. Remarkable that a country restricts free entry to its citizens. Strange times.
Nah mate. They have only so many quarantine rooms. That’s why it’s managed/restricted.
All that yet there are flights landing in Sydney today from
KL
SING
HK
SHENZEN
DUBAI
JAP
SHANG
and every single day.
you’re a moron. those flights have limited capacity and would consist of business and 1st class tickets. you ever been right? just half hear something and run with your “gut”.
I just stated a fact cunt.
No commentary
You know he’s next level cuntard when his anonymous Disqus handle still includes the PhD he attaches wherever his name may be. Bet he makes his mom write that PhD next to his name on the inside of his tighty-whities.
haha. us Drs. don’t look down on you! chin up, mate. never too old to study something. why you thinking about tighty-whities? and moms putting them on their sons..another right-wing self hating homo.
You do know you’re not an actual doctor right? And if you say you’re a psychologist or psychiatrist, let me be the first to tell you that 9 out of 10 psychologists/psychiatrists in any room full of crazies are without doubt the most mentally fucked up one in the room, most poignantly because their ego compels them to indulge in mental gymnastics that only satiates some delusional hunger for being right reading the human psyche.
The fact you can’t even create an anonymous commenting account without including the PhD proves my point.
One other thing. I have a Doctorate you simple fuckwit. And I’m looking down on you.
100% agree on the physchologist comment .. how often they would tell you after a few drinks socially “in confidence” how fucked their patients are to only show their hand … It’s like they are trying to feel better about their messed up childhood and now loopy headspace by listening to other people complain …
the fact that you are unaware of tv show dr. katz is sad. nice essay.
a useless fact, that was irrelevant to the previous comment.
things are getting wild around here…time for you to take another “break”? couldn’t even be honest about getting a temporary ban. had to lie about that too. straight up pussy.
Did you get your PH D at Trump University?
Bex baby… don’t like dissent.. or moving away from his Mantra..
Where is JAP?
Narita
I was joking
It is much easier for people who are not Australians Citizens or those with multiple nationalities to return nome than for Australian Citizens to leave … Before checking in ,All Australian Citizens must check in with the friendly people of Border Patrol who now have their own check in counter in the departure section near excess baggage.
Whole thing Stinks of bullshit
Sounds like a penal colony
With world class waves
It’s harder to get back out of Indo. Word on the street is that it’s a minimum $1600AUD one way ticket for a flight that is via Singapore, then China before heading ‘home’. And that’s to Perth, where only 75 arrivals a day are quota-ed in. Apparently, and I personally can’t believe any corporation would do so, but apparently airlines are reducing the size/numbers of economy seats available in order to gouge people with business and first class tickets.
We flew economy but the service was great as both international flights were possibly only 1/2 full and because of the Covid restrictions we ended up with 7 seats for a family of 4 . Twas strange to wear the mask and the face shield for 30 hours .
You are right!! Luckily got my wife CKG -SIN- BNE for $700
Haha. Leave it to Indo to allow you to buy your way through Quarantine!
Watch out for hidden charges :
1) Cotton swab for COVID test: $100
2) Mask, (made in China) $100
3) Covid test for your quiver $100 (per board)
4) Taxi driver “hazard pay” $100$
5) Korrupsi tax $100
6) Cold, stale, Padang Buffet $100
7) Departure tax: $100-1000 depending on the mood of the official.
Bonus: Bragging on Instagram about scoring with just you and your mates: Priceless!!
With the first requirement being “You need to book at least a 10 day trip to Kandui Resort” seems a bit shady. Indo still has a foreigner travel ban in effect but I’m sure $ can get you anything as usual.
All funds upfront.
Will you ever be allowed home in a reasonable time span ? Regular 60 day Visa normally 35 USD.
You guys getting a % ?
Once they have a proven vaccine.
Dieing in the gutter of a Indo street full of the virus just proves your surf cred.
Besides. Indo street dogs need to eat
:-). As I feared.
So for $1700 I save $1000 on a ten night stay.
Plus I’ve been told it’s still full of Brazilians who will do anything to avoid going home ( other than share waves).
But it’s a random WhatsApp ad.
What could possibly go wrong?
I’m in the area and it’s pretty much empty