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Travel Blogs from Mataram
The Journey begins
We were picked up on time at 8:15am and were the first people aboard the Perama bus. We picked up a few others on the way to the tiny ticket office in Sengiggi where we were let off to pay and the bus filled up with awaiting passengers. A roll call by the guide semi introduced us to the rest of the people and we found out that we were the only Australians in the group that was mostly made up of European back packers. We were told our itinerary for ...
What did you say a cidomos was ?
... My Blog A great start to the day, pancakes with lime and honey and a great hot shower ( I have now found the water pressure and heating controls hidden behind the lodge which helps !) and we then set out on cidomos (see pictures) and after a 20 minute drive arrived at the local Market, with the usual array of fish meat chickens veg all out in the midday sun. Back on the cidomos and we then visited a co-operative where the ladies were weaving bamboo to ...
The Gili T addition !
... walking around and ended up at the Irish bar again and ended up paying more then I did in the posh restaurant. The pizza was amazing though. And I was sat on my own and Clara and Killian came in to eat too so we ate together. Which was very nice. They took me to a bar that they had been to alot that is so cheap and the owners are so friendly. They are two girls. They were lovely. She gave us popcorn and krupuk, which are like prawn crackers. Suki was singing in the reggae ...
Gili islands and lombok
... I checked the room before moving in it hadn't occurred to me to check that there was a sink in the bathroom, I thought that a sink automatically came with the toilet and the shower!cleaning our teeth was a bit messy and the we got soaked every time we washed our hands under the shower as the shower comprised of a pipe sticking out of the wall with no shower head so water just spurted our everywhere!! It was ok though and for £10 a night we were happy! The place that we ...
Early climbing, afternoon paradise & space party
... 60´s. Ana and Sofia slide down a few times making us all laugh. The guides were extremely friendly and helped them while gently asking for a tip or a gift, like their trekking shoes.
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Back to our hotel, we had a nice breakfast and rushed for our next target. The clock was ticking. The gang that stayed in Ubud was waiting for us in Padang ...