Blogs from Sengigi, Lombok, Indonesia, Asia - page 4

Feb 9-12: So the story about our LOOOONNG journey to Lombok. We had purchased tickets for bus transport from Legian directly to Padang Bai (through a transport company called Perama)--we were told it would be about a 1.5-2 hours bus ride. When we got on the bus--and it was a pretty old bus with NO air conditioning & plastic/leather-covered seats--the driver started reading out names of different cities. He must have read out like 5 names! I was worried that we'd now be making lots of stops and that a 2-hour bus ride would turn into 5! Thankfully, when we stopped at Ubud (the 1st stop) they said passengers who were going to Padang Bai could get off and transfer to another bus that would go directly to the ferry terminal. I thought this second bus ... read more

Vi vågnede af at blive rystet rundt. Alting hoppede.... Det viser sig at et jordskælv der målte 5,8 på Richter skalaen havde epicenter cirka 80 km fra vores hus. Vores butler stod meget stille udenfor og ventede på et efterskælv men der har endnu ikke været et. Det er lidt over en time siden det første skælv. For detaljer - se nedenstående link: Earthquake Details Magnitude 5.8 Date-Time Friday, September 18, 2009 at 23:06:57 UTC Saturday, September 19, 2009 at 07:06:57 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 9.271°S, 115.570°E Depth 71.6 km (44.5 miles) Region SOUTH OF BALI, INDONESIA Distances 65 km (40 miles) WNW of Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia 75 km (45 miles) SSE of Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia 235 km (145 miles) ESE of Jember, Java, Indonesia 1035 km (640 miles) ... read more

Efter en dejlig nat i Villa Qunang med et par enkelte opvågninger af gekkoer og "skøn" musik fra den nærliggende majid (moské) kl 05 pga Idul Fitr er vi friske og veloplagte. Solen skinner og der er dejlig frugt, pandekager, frisk juice og american breakfast til drengene. Vi har lejet motorcykler og kører til monkey forest. På vejen køber vi bananer af en dame - hun har ikke penge til at veksle så hun går over på den anden side af vejen og veksler. Der køber hun nye bananer til sig selv til ca. 1/4 af hvad vi har betalt hende - men hvad fanden - det var kun en 10'er for alle bananerne. Så købte vi peanuts hos hende der var billigere.... aberne nød det dejlige mad (eller dvs. alfahannen åd det hele) og vi ... read more

Bangsal Harbour I took a cidomo for 5000rupiah instead walking to terminal where perama shuttle bus will pick us. There were 4 adults, backpacks, 1 fat kid and the driver on the cart. I’m not extreme about animal welfare but for that 1 km I never felt so guilty to a horse before. Before the bus came I sat on a warung and had a tea. Talked a little to the old couple who run it. Then the wife said “I think I saw you before.” I told her that I went 2 years ago, and she did really remember me. She remembered that I was alone too and she remembered that I was wearing purple skirt. Amazing. I was just sitting and chat with them like 15-20 minutes and 2 years later she still remember ... read more

The porter imperiously demanded to see our tickets when Soop’s cousin interceded and led Karen and I to a pony cart and some personal space away from the chaos that is Bangsal. After deep-sixing plans to stay in Gili Meno we spent the next day enjoying all that Gili Air had to offer. A spectacular sunrise greeted us in the morning as we set off for a day of spectacular snorkeling on the reef. Our resident sea turtle made an appearance and brought along a Giant Grouper. Our visits to the water were interspersed with quiet interludes in our cabana outside Sunrise Cottages. Our waiter ‘Soop’ kept us well supplied with Mango shakes and munchies. Soop is a great guy who speaks passable English. We discussed everything under the Sun with him; his family, his job, ... read more