OK, people don’t usually come to Java for the beach culture. But along Java’s southern coast, there are a number ofpretty decent spots for swimming or surfing, although only a few of them are good for both. One of these finds is Batu Karas on West Java’s southeastern coast, about 7 hours by car from Bandung.

Batu Karas (meaning ‘hard rock’) started as—and is still pretty much—a backdoor escape from its m