I have a friend who went on a one week surfing camp in Bali and loved it. She raved about it so much I started looking into trips also, Bali would be great but a little pricy for my budget.

Which surf camps have you seen in Costa Rica? there are several and they all vary in price. I'm considering Costa Rica Surf Adventures for Women, just because I have a co-worker who has been to their week long camp and goes back every two years, she loved it so much and always talks about how great everyone is. There are also some really inexpensive surfing camps in Mexico, and you can always find cheap airfare to Mexico.

I've gone on a mountain biking trip with a bunch of my friends which was fairly inexpensive in Colorado (Breckinridge) during the summer a couple of years ago. Hotels lower their rates in the summer to try to get people to go after the snow has melted. We flew into Denver, picked up groceries and drove up. We rented bikes for a couple of days and they even gave us a group discount.

No problem!

That surf camp does look really cool, I also looked into that one but i didn't know anyone who had gone, and as you mentioned the internet can be unreliable and without any info. from anyone I didn't really consider it.

The surf camp in Bali is called The Surf Goddess Retreats ([url]www.surfgoddessretreats.com)[/url]. They also have a diving retreat which looks wicked cool.