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
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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
On Easter (not here) we crossed the straits to Lombok. It took just over 5 hours, seated in seats taken from an airliner. We then rode another 25 kms to Sengiggi, a touristic place, where we stayed in a very … Lees verder
Beste lezers, Na ruim 20 minuten proberen kan ik dan eindelijk een berichtje intypen. Het is dat Frans op een andere computer druk bezig is, anders was ik al lang weggeweest. Zaterdag 7 april al weer. De tijd vliegt. Laat … Lees verder
In Sidemen we stayed in a perfect bugalow overlooking the terraced rice fields. It was in traditional style, nicely decorated. (It always strikes me that I don’t like Chinese and Indonesian decorations when I see them in Europe. But here … Lees verder
In the Bali-museum we encoutered a group of secondary school students (age app. 17) who showed a great interest in us. We spent at least half an hour discussing things (often with hands and feet) and in the end the … Lees verder