# Canggu (Indonesia)

_Not all Top 5 are good (for you)_

> Fortunately only two days in Canggu

Published 2018-02-15 by Patrick Heneise.
Canonical page: https://patrickheneise.com/blog/canggu-indonesia/

Canggu dominates the Top #5 of NomadList for a long time now and we were told
there’s lots of good (surf) shops around. As we planned to by swim gear , flip
flops etc. in Indonesia instead of packing it right away before starting the
trip (big mistake), we decided to go for a quick 2 day scouting and shopping
trip to Canggu.

We couldn’t have chosen a more radical change from the quiet life in Padang Bai
to this stressful traffic nightmare. It’s impossible to take a nice stroll for
10-20 minutes. There’s no sidewalks, most cars honk when driving by and most
free taxis stop to offer a ride, almost like “Why are you walking? Idiot!”.
Restaurants and coffee shops are hipster and healthy, whereas the health-vibe
seems a bit deceptive. Unlike Padang Bai, where
[there are no plastic straws](https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/plastic-waste-oceans_us_58fed37be4b0c46f0781d426)
in drinks, and there is recycled water in the toilet for example. Small details
where you see the true dedication for health & environment.

![](/images/1*Qe2Y1ydVvxIupcoTpMm4nA.jpeg)

The shore at the beach is really narrow as well, no chance for a romantic walk
along the beach or an early morning run either.

I don’t get the hype around Canggu so far and can’t wait to leave this place
again. Just for the record, the wifi and LTE speed near our hotel.

![Internet speed results WiFi and LTE](/images/1*swCekPaEEYh7220wgIu_Ow.jpeg)_Internet
speed results WiFi and LTE_

### Lesson learned

Initially, we wanted to depart from Padang Bai directly to the Gilis, but since
there wasn’t much information on shops and availability on beach wear, we
decided to go for this shopping. This could have been avoided if we packed flip
flops, shorts etc. at home and would have been cheaper as well (we paid more for
Havaianas in Canggu than on Amazon in Germany.

Now, as we’re on Gili Air, there were multiple surf and dive shops on the 600m
walk fro the harbour to the hotel and I wish information on the internet would
have been better about this island so we could have avoided that trip to Canggu.