The Beach Club Lombok

... it as a 40-45 degree uphill trek on volcanic ash, so for every two to three steps up you would sink down at least one. The strongest motivation though was the fact that light was breaking and you could see the sun coming up ...

... and the profits are, allegedly, distributed equally amongst the women in the village. We, were taken to this store where we were dressed in traditional clothing of Sasak nobility (they were actually beautiful outfits even though it was pretty touristy and ridiculous for us to get into these clothes), but I am uncertain as to how much of the money is truly distributed to the women and how much of a cooperative the operation is as ...

Salut tout le monde Nous allons bien. Nous avons ete silencieux hier puisque nous n'avions pas d'internet. Nous avons quitter Ubud pour un petit village nomme Paganbai. Nous avons decide finalement de quitte notre petite place douillet d'Ubub. Nous sommes donc arrive et pris une charmante chambre. Nous avons bien essayer de trouve internet mais ils etaient tous en panne. Desoler!!! Nous avons encore fait une belle rencontre quand nous avons croisee ...

... talked about the trip up the Mountain Ringani, the Gili Islands and transport all the way back the ferry. We explained that we were on a budget and did not think we could make his offer work. He gave us the option to go diving as well and continued to remind us that all of our transport would be taken care of. As always if we did not book then, we had no chance. We looked at eachother, remembering our horrible trip over to Lombok ...

... footspot with the correct foot/lef to enable the next step up (always up). Best survival technique turned out to be - never look up and see waht was coming - just concentrate on the step ahead and put one foot after the other. Only one metre ahead and half the time, there were Tim's feet already in line with my head. We arrived at POS 1 without too much trouble (just lots more sweat) and a had a short rest and water. I was thinking that at this level of steepness, I maybe able to do ...

... nous nous sommes diriges vers le surf break situe a environ 10 minutes de route de l'hotel. C'est dans le downtown Kuta L., un minuscule village de pecheurs que nous avons rencontres un gentil pecheur qui a accepte de nous emmener dans sa grande barque a prix raisonnable jusqu'au surf break situe assez loin de la rive. La premiere place ou nous sommes alles etait peu populee donc nous pouvions surfer a notre guise et retrouver nos anciennes techniques!!! Le second ...

... arrived to the park and were the only visitors. No soone did we get off the boat and we were greetedby 2 Komodo Dragons!!!! Josh and I never even saw them-the guides were great-potected us and all and brought us to the ranger station to register and take us into the park. No Josh and I did not know quite what to expect-but a 5 hour trek through jungle and savanna and grasslands was not what we were thinking! That's what we got-a few hours of trekking in ...

... back to the bike. Day two of motorcycle tour, Lombok. We planned a longer trip the next day, along the South Western Peninsula to "beautiful stretches of white sandy beaches" which we were sure would be worth a look then on to Kuta beach to check out the surf and stay overnight, then head back towards Sengiggi via some weaving villages. But since we were kinda winging it a bit with sketchy maps (and without the proper licence docs) the plan went ...

... sending a lava flow into the lake below, which is today clearly visible from the lake rim. Such an unusual phenomenon renders Rinjani an especially intriguing site and a most rewarding climb. The full Rinjani experience takes four days to complete and involves sleeping at various base camps along the way. The climb is said to be so riddled with dead-end tracks, precarious passes and loose earth that nowadays the local authorities do not permit foreign climbers to tackle Rinjani ...

... of seafood and I took full advantage of it. I'd eat snapper one night, and then barracuda the next. Each for perhaps only 2 pounds. The main town was also geared up massively for tourism, being almost their only industry. There was an open air cinema where they showed pirated films each night on a big screen and all you had to do was to buy some food or a drink. They also had these strange huts, containing a TV and DVD player. This was the same deal except you were able to ...