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Sweaty as a Pig in July
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
It’s hot. Very, VERY HOT!! After Gili Meno we took an early morning boat to the isle of Lombok. In the village of Bangsal we were swarmed with people offering us taxis, motor scooters, buses, and horse drawn carriages. We eventually found a taxi to an ATM and a ride up to the village of Senaru for $25. Since the average income per month here is about $100, it was a steep price. The car was in such poor condition that we barely made it up the mountain.
Senaru is a beautiful village at the foot of a gigantic volcano. It is a bit cooler up there at 2,000 ft. The top of the volcano is about 10,000 feet and it will cost you $80 a person just to hike to the top! In order to enter the park you have to have a guide and a porter. Reuben and I opted to walk around the village and go to some waterfalls on our own. The waterfalls were each over 80 feet high and magnificent. It was quite exhilarating to get closer to them as the mist and the wind blows against your body. Since it’s mostly a Muslim island everyone goes swimming in their clothes. It didn’t really matter anyway because it was pouring down with rain. After about 2 hours of hiking in the rain I got a bit chilly and longed for a warm shower and dry clothes.
What would i give for a little cool water now!! We took a taxi (it was $65 this time!) down to Kuta. The drive took us up and over a huge mountain. The landscape was terraced with rice and tabaco fields. Kuta is a little village is on the southern tip of Lombok. It is beautiful and the ocean is expansive and picturesque. However, it is boiling hot here and the ocean is quite warm as well. We are doing the best we can! There are a lot of travelers about. They are mostly surfers. I got the opportunity to play some guitar at at local restaurant last night. It felt good to sing and play after 1 1/2 months! There is not much else to do here unless you scuba dive. When I dove on Gili Mano it was fabulous. There are tons of fish and you can stay in the warm water for a long time. We both fried our backs the other day from spending too much time snorkeling.
We are ready to come back to the cool temperatures of Truckee. We are trying to get an earlier flight back, but everything is booked. While most of you would kill for three more weeks in Indonesia, our bodies are finished and our patience is running thin!! If any of you have traveled to Indonesia and can offer us some travel tips or places to go please let me know! My am@ams.com email doesn’t work well here. Please email me at: vinyasa@care2.com
Enjoy some cool weather for me!!! xo
Posted: 05.18.2010
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