Holiday Resort Lombok

... 8217;s hot spring, the steamy Gua Susu, and Pancuran Emas&#8221; the golden fountain &#8220; are some of the main spots where the locals perform their rituals. For mountain lovers, Rinjani is one of Lombok&#8217;s most beautiful sites.<br><br>The activities for tourists are also available on the island such as joining our daily tours, diving, surfing, water sports, rental cars, bikes, trekking to Mount Rinjani Trekking, and Mount Kelimutu. New Destinations to other islands ...

... when he introduced himself so I still don't know it. Consistent with the other French people I've met on this trip, he barely spoke English and seemed to not understand most of what we were saying when we spoke quickly. He was fairly mute the entire trip. Peter, on the other hand, was fairly talkative and knew a lot of interesting facts about Indonesia, as it used to be a Dutch colony and there is a lot of Indonesian influence in Holland.<br><br>At approximately 7:30 a.m., we ...

... named. There were monkeys along the road's edge everywhere. We waited for Sarah to catch up at one point and found out that a monkey had nearly lifted her camera when she stopped to take pictures! It should be noted that she has a fear of these creatures after getting bitten by one earlier in her travels. We eventually saw a massive line of vehicles coming back the other way and were signaled to turn around ourselves. Not ...

Happy New Year!! We spent the New Year in Lovina at a small little restaurant/pub. They had a live band with great music so we stayed there all night, dancing away. Enjoyed playing the bongo drums with the band.... my hands were killing me the next night. Jamie, Ian and Jessica left back to Canada yesterday after an emotional good bye. Its weird to think that I won't see my sisters for another year! Im sure time with ...

... for a while. we then made the short trip over to lomboc and stayed at singigi whilst we prepared for our mountain adventure. Mt rinjani at 3700 meters seemed doable, we found an agent that arranged a guide and porters and booked 3 days on the mountain! THE HARDEST THING EVER! but one of the best things we have done since leaving home. we climbed for 7 hours the first day through mountain forest and steep rooty hills, never sweated so much in my ...

... better and better and there was a lot of stopping for photos. Azima was proud of us and let us know. We felt great and accomplished. Even though we were tired we decided to walk another hour to the second camp so we could see the waterfall in the morning. That night Azima told us a ancient Lombok story of two brothers and a scary ape half man who stole a princess. The two brothers fought and won but the ape/man still stalks the ...

... motto for traveling here - it's all a lie... ...as was our planned excursion to Komodo. After days of deliberation and investigation, we decided that we couldn't take the risk of up to five days of travel for what was increasingly looking like only a slim chance that we could hire some tiny wreck of a boat with an insane (or desperate) enough captain to take us across the stormy sea to Komodo for an hour or two. Finally, after the most arduous thinking we've had to do all trip, the ...

... we secured ourselves a bit of a discount, as we paid for a week up front. The bungalow was nicer and cheaper than most places we'd stayed (although the bathroom could have done with a good clean!) so we were happy. We set off for a stroll to see what was about, and were extremely pleased with what we found, beautiful beaches, funky looking bars, nice restaurants, and lots of laid back looking backpackery types! And the locals were very friendly, if quite enthusiastic in their ...

... coexistence between the various groups, and when we were travelling, things did seem very safe and peaceful indeed. The Gili Islands were especially nice, as motorized vehicles have been banned from the islands. The only ways to get around are by walking, cycling or horse cart. Days there consisted of lying on the beach, drinking mango juice and eating an amazing fresh caught BBQed fish. The only sad part of our stay there was the ...

... out was steady and the views afforded of the lake and new volcano were breathtaking. Once over the rim a tropical landscape re-emerged and it was a simple case of plunging the 4 hours between us and a bus ride to a hotel room somewhere. Mine and Jills toes were killing us though to the point where we could no longer walk down hill forwards and had to go backwards instead. We must have looked like a right pair of numbties inching our way backwards down a 4000 metre high mountain ...