Afegelopen zaterdag 14 april zijn we op de ferry naar Sumbawa gegaan. Onze indruk van Sumbawa is wel vergelijkbaar met die van Lombok, hoewel het nog minder ontwikkeld en op de eigen voorziening gericht lijkt dan Lombok. Onze eerste verblijfplaats … Lees verder
Maandelijks archief: april 2007
In Bali we met Paul and Els, a couple from Oirschot, app. same age as ourselves. They ride the same route and almost every evening we meet and dine together. Interesting discussions and nice evenings. Then there is Wim, from … Lees verder
This is shouted to us from everywhere by everybody, young or old, male or female. From their yards, out of their shops, from the passing bemoes and motorcycles. They shout loudly: " Hello misteeeeeeeerrrr!" with a long emphasys on the … Lees verder
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 … Lees verder
We hebben er inmiddels een weekje Lombok opzitten en zijn nu op Sumbawa. Onze eerste kennismaking was toeristisch en dus behoorlijk luxe. We verbleven in een mooie bungalow, met uitzicht op zee. Van hier uit hebben we een boottocht gemaakt … Lees verder
We have now reached this town. We decided not to go further east. We have biked over 500 kms now. Tomorrow we’ll go back to Lombok and visit another mountain village. Here we found our first internet opportunity after we … Lees verder
On Friday 13th we rode to Labuhan Pandan, where we found the first 2 guesthouses closed. Both had European owners who had returned to Europe. Lombok not as good as expected??? We stayed in a very basic but OK bungalow … Lees verder
Sunaru is a place higher up on the mountain. We took a bemo (small bus) to take us and our bikes up the last few very steep kms. We stayed in a very comfortable bungalow in a beatiful garden (a … Lees verder
On Tuesday April 10th we continued along the north Lombok coast to the east. We ended up n Caf’e Nusa Indah, run by the very kind madam Ana, who speaks English well. She had two very basic rooms, with on … Lees verder
From Batu Bolong, our bungalow in Sengiggi, we booked a personal trip to the Gili islands, that sit app. one hour by boat from there in the Bali sea off the Lombok coast. We were picked up in the morning … Lees verder