Blogs from Lombok, Indonesia, Asia - page 17

Het ontbijt deze morgen verliep niet zoals verwacht. Mijn ontbijt (fruit) leek wel voorgekauwd door een andere persoon. Ook zaten er een hoop mieren over de papaya's te kruipen. Ik vroeg aan iemand in het restaurant of ze me een ander bord kon geven. Enkele seconden later was ze terug, met hetzelfde bord, en dode mieren nog steeds tussen de papaya. De Lombok koffie was niet te drinken. Hier kennen ze geen filter! Jan was ondertussen andere hotels aan het aflopen, op zoek naar een goedkope maar een deftige kamer. We vonden een hotel : Hotel Gili Air aan de rustige kant van het eiland. Lekker warm water en een Westers-toilet. Een normaal bed met verse lakens. Het is zonder airco, met fan dus (250.000 per nacht). Het goedkoopste is dus €25 per nacht, in een ... read more

2nd Stop Gili Trawangan (Gili T) May 8th-12th Quick intro to Gili T thanks to Wikipedia " Measuring 3 km long and 2 km wide, it has a population of around 700. Of the Gilis, Trawangan has the most tourist facilities; the pub Tîr na Nôg claims that Trawangan is the smallest island in the world with an Irish pub. On Gili Trawangan (as well as the other two Gilis), there are no motorized vehicles not even real roads,only soft sandy paths. The main means of transportation are bicycles (rented by locals to tourists) and cidomo (a small horsedrawn carriage). For traveling to and from each of the Gilis, locals usually use motorized boats and speedboats. The economy of Gili Trawangan centres on tourism, as the island is too small to support any broad scale agriculture, ... read more

On Wednesday evening, we walked 30 minutes around the island to view the sunset. We were told the sunset was around 5:30-5:45pm and that the sun disappears quickly, so don't be late. Pete and I arrived around 5pm to an area that looked like it could have been an amazing bar/restaurant area that had been abandoned. There were only 4 other people there, so we picked out our spot and enjoyed a bottle of Pineapple Selak wine from Sari Organic in Ubud. More and more people showed up the closer the time to sunset arrived and by the time the sunset occured there were around 100 plus people enjoying the views. We have experienced many amazing sunsets but this was one that I will always remember. The sun sets to the right of Bali Island where ... read more

Paradise!... read more

Just spent 6 lovely relaxing days on the Gilis (islands off Lombok) recharging our batteries after the climb. Not much to update on really, we spent most days sitting on a beanbag reading, drinking banana smoothies and I spent a lot of time playing with the stray kittens - they were so cute and clean (I think). Highlight of the few days was the scuba diving. We did two dives and the last one was the best as we went down to 30 metres, which was really cool, deepest dive we have done, saw lots of colourful fish, turtles, sea snakes and Tom saw a white tipped reef shark but it swam off before I got a chance to see it! A couple of photos attached, nothing too exciting seeing as most of our time was ... read more