Blogs from Lombok, Indonesia, Asia - page 9

Auf betrunkene Assitouristen, die sich wie sich paaren wollende Gorillamännchen aufführen, hatten wir nun wirklich keine Lust. Darum haben wir uns gegen die Partyinsel Gili Travangan und für die kleine Gili Air entschieden. Dorthin zu kommen stellte sich jedoch als nervenaufreibend heraus, denn wir haben uns für eine Fahrt mit der öffentlichen Fähre über Lombok statt mit dem direkten Schnellboot entschieden. Diese kostete nur 1/5 so viel. Am Hafen wartend, haben wir mit einem jungen Local begonnen zu sprechen, der gerade Ananas mit Chilipaste zubereitet hat. Im Gespräch kam er immer näher und ehe ich mich versah, steckte mir dieser doch tatsächlich eine Ananas mit seinen schmutzigen Fingern in den Mund..... Ausspucken konnt ichs nicht, denn es war ja eine nette Geste. Auch Rebe musste dran glauben! Zum Glück konnten wir bald auf die Fähre flüchten. ... read more

Our kind Homestay owner Susi hooked us up with a cheap ride from Kuta Lombok to Gili Air. Gili is the Indonesian word for 'small island'. It really is small on the map so we weren't too stressed about finding a place to stay. Locals were however, consistently warning us that we may not find a place. We landed at the beach beside the dock with about 30 others on a old wooden boat. Surprisingly, it seemed not one company used the government wharf which served the sole purpose of providing locals with a shady place to fish from. We decided to cut straight through the centre of the island and look for a place to stay on the far side of the island. I figured our devilish plan had not been hatched by any other ... read more

Hello :) So I haven't written a blog in absolutely ages! Korea is now just my everyday life, so I never really feel like I've done anything exciting enough to blog about, and my previous holiday was Boracay where I'd been before and all I did was sit on a beach for 4 days so it would've been extremely similar to the Guam and previous Boracay blogs. So I've been waiting to do something that is worth writing about, and Indoensia was it! I hope you enjoy it :) We finished school on the Friday and as my friend Matt was staying, I went to the baseball and rank beer instead of packing! We got home around 9pm (Matt had already dug my rucksack out for me) and I had another beer whilst throwing clothes all ... read more

Our final Indonesian travel destination found us on the island of Lombok which is only a 30 min flight or 1 1/2 fast boat ride from Bali. We came from the Gili Islands which took 30 minutes on a speed boat. The island is about the same size as Bali but much less developed which is kind of refreshing. The main religion is Muslim as opposed to the dominant Hinduism in Bali. We're back to chanting from the mosques! We opted to stay on the west coast area of Sengiggi as it seems to be the most popular spot for tourists. The area spans 10 km of a series of sweeping bays below a backdrop of jungle clad mountains and coconut palms. The beaches are lovely but aren't quite a match for the white sand beaches ... read more

We arrived from Bali on the speed boat safe and sound to the island of Gili Trawangan last Tuesday. The Gilis Islands actually consists of three small islands of which we are on the largest and most developed. Gili Trawangan is a very cool little island. Only a few kilometres long there are no cars or motorbikes. The only modes of transportation are foot, bike and horse & buggy! There is only one rough road that goes around the island with a few narrow lanes branching off. We rented bikes the other day and rode around the island. It was fun except there were a few spots where we had to push the bikes through sand so it was a good workout. When we arrived we hired a horse and buggy to take us to our ... read more