Different from Bali the dominant religion on Lombok and Sumbawa is Islam. We pass many mosques, and we were even woken up at 4 in the morning by the iman shouting througha very loud and deforming loudspeaker system. On the other hand we understand from the people themselves that they take it very easy with their religion, They seem to be rather independent. The tourist business has suffered a lot from the Bali bombs and the one day riots in Lombok in 2000, and they realise this very well. We have met no anti-west-ideas at all. Sometimes we see women in veils, but very few only. And just now in this internet casf’e there was a girl in a burka. She joined our conversations with no hesitation whatsoever.