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I do not pretend to be a surfer. I am a linguist,a tour leader and a teacher of Indonesian Language. This book was offered to me for an opinion and it was with a degree of skepticism that I started. The author has the most novel and downright sensible approach to teaching the language as it applies to surfers and short-time tourists. Instead of labouring with a vocabulary that is totally useless for the tourist, it hones right in on the very things that Indonesians will want to talk about and the things you will want to be able to say. I have taught many people to speak Indonesian (and many Indonesians to speak English too) but getting the acccent right is so hard! Not with Mr Neely's approach...at last the speaker sounds somewhat Indonesian ! As tour leaders to "Bali and Beyond" this book is now recommended to our clients by us. Well Done, Peter Neely ! Ni Ketut Suweteri(Mrs), Co-ordinator; Balinese Community in South Australia.

Just got back from my first Bali trip and this book was a fantastic help. It is a rare thing when everything you read in a book is true - but everything was exactly the way the book said it would be. From the surf line-ups, breaks, crowds, tide influences, people, food recommendations, language... everything! Plus the free beer vouchers were a great bonus, worth more than twice what the book cost! Peter Neely has done a great job cramming so much info into the book, and all of it was spot on! I can't thank him enough. Maybe one day I'll bump into him in Indo somewhere - I'd love to buy the bloke a beer! Hey, if you're a surfer going to Bali you'd be mad not to get this book.

This book will show you places in indo that would take you months to find yourself and the phrase section will really help you in your travels. It is only a small book so it travels light and it also has pictures [ some not so recent,Peter.] of the surf spots you will find around the place. Just a great travel book, even if only used for dreaming.