Senggigi - Lombok's Only Bona Fide Resort Area

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Thirty six hours after arriving in Bali, Indonesia, we are on a boat taking us to the northwest coast of Lombok, arriving at the resort area of Senggigi, which we are told is the only developed resort area on the island of Lombok. Unlike its neighbour island Bali, Lombok is just beginning to develop its tourism industry. In fact, Lombok is often described as Bali's shy but beautiful sister. We are here in Senggigi not so much because we are into resorts, but rather because this is where the boat lands when you arrive, so we thought we would stay a day or two and check it out before moving on.

Once we got off the boat, we found a very pleasant taxi driver to show us a few accommodation options, and ended up lucking out with Sunset House. Our resort included a stellar buffet breakfast, beautiful gardens with several cushion furnished gazebos for lounging, and a pool that overlooked the ocean, plus we had a huge room with wall to wall French doors opening to a large deck overlooking a garden and jungle covered hillside. All for $40 Canadian. Like, really? And the staff were beautiful as well. Not real hard to understand why we love it here.

But again, this was just a short stop - not our destination point - which was the remote Komodo Islands. It was here in Senggigi that we would find the information we needed to get there, preferably by boat. After a little relaxation and a little research, we decided upon the boat that would take us to see the largest lizard on the planet, the Komodo Dragon, who resides on only two islands - Komodo Island and Rinca Island. Both of these islands are found in the Komodo National Park, both of which we would soon visit. We could hardly wait to get going!

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Photos

Senggigi's Beautiful Coastline
Yeah, yeah, same old, same old. Okay, I am lying. Just awesome.

Local Fishermen
It is not only touristos like us who love this. Local people are always out enjoying their beautiful surroundings.

A Pool With a View
Is that an understatement? Don't overlook Happy Stan lounging in the pool.

Birds of Paradise
These would be the exotic Birds of Paradise flowers that set us back about twelve bucks each back home, last time I checked. But hey, here in paradise they just are. Free for the enjoyment of all. And we do enjoy.