http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Kuta/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Asia , Indonesia , Lombok , Kuta en-us Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:05:11 UTC Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:05:11 UTC With the diving course finished and the surf breaks too shallow for Matty and not much else to do we pushed onto our next destination Kuta Lombok which is extremely different to its sister Kuta Bali its a dead quite place in the South of Lombok extremely dry and if you don't surf not much to do as Nibbler found out. Getting there was an absolute mission but also fun we first had to boat from Nus http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Kuta/blog-330068.html Lombok what can I say Just the name of it conjures up mystery and mystique. We had built up an idea of the place before we arrived from fellow travellers we were given the impression that as the country was strictly Muslim the atmosphere would be repressive and less accepting of tourists. Well it must have been national friendly week as we found it to be the opposite. The people were friendly http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Kuta/blog-292703.html 014b Indonesia Lombok Side Story040108 040708Lucy and RawanOur first full day in KutaLombok I was recovering the first night out in a while. I got out of bed around noon and thought I would walk to the market and see what the town consisted of.Not much. The small one lane road outside our hotel was lined with small stalls selling the exact same sarongs and tshirts beyond them was the http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Kuta/blog-265877.html 014a Indonesia Lombok Side Story040108 040708Boss ManBoss is a 21 year old native Indonesian that works at the Segara Anak Cottages in Kuta Lombok. He's one of the guys that keep the grounds and the rooms clean and he was also the one that showed us to our room on the first night. I nicknamed him Boss after negotiating the price of the room down with him even though he had to first a http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Kuta/blog-265876.html 014 Indonesia Lombok040108 040708Is that a dollar sign on my face or are you just happy to see meIndonesia is a country filled with lush green landsapes white sand beaches tourqoise waters and amazing surf. Coming from six hustle and bustle days in Singapore Hannah and I were ready for some laid back island life. More importantly after six surffree weeks I was itching to get bac http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Kuta/blog-265873.html ...so i have managed to seduce a good looking boy and have stolen his computer. it may sound ridiculous and far fetched but i assure you its true. we all know that capitalization and punctuation are for well educated bloggers...and as an underpaid overworked snowboard instructor we know that educated is something i am not. as we were...back at the ferry terminal in Lembar Lombok...Tristan and http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Kuta/blog-239303.html After Trawangan everyone separated. Elle and Jill already went back to Belgium. The others went west. I stayed in Lombok for a scootertrip around the south with Spencer whom we met in the Gili's.The first day we headed to the surfing mecca of Kuta. Not to be confused with the Balinese Kuta though you could easily think so as the touts here are also very persistent if not more. Practically beggi http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Kuta/blog-234344.html Aamulla lhdettiin Trawanganilta niin aikaisin kohti Kutaa ett hotellimme ravintola ei ollut viel edes auki. Onneksi ystvllinen hotellin respatyntekij Rizal jrjesti meille aamupalat suoraan huoneisiimme. Pienen odottelun jlkeen hypttiin julkiseen puupurtiloon ja matkattiin Lombokin mantereelle Bangsaliin. Siell sitten koitettiin etsit Baharnimist kaveria joka oli Rizalin serkku ja j http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Kuta/blog-202637.html Hello Everyone Travel has been extensive and internet not redally avaliable all the time. Here is a quick update from Indonesia.After spending some time in the Gili Islands corey and I decided to go back to Bali and head to Nusa Lombongon a small island south east of Bali. As we pulled into Mataryam the capital of Lombok we hooked up with one of our fellow Canadians and with one minute to dep http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Kuta/blog-128987.html SurfingWell its still the off season here for surf which might not be such a bad thing. I spent the last four days on the southern coast of Lombak where my days consisted of a 6kms scouter ride into a bay called Groupuc followed by a 1.5 kms boat ride to a break called inside. The surf break here was just packed and was definetly not for beginers but I guess what doesnt kill ya can only make yo http://www.travelblog.org//Asia/Indonesia/Lombok/Kuta/blog-127189.html