Layover in Kalua Lumpur, only 3.5 hours out of the 10 hour travel time. Avery snazy airport, Starbucks, plenty of eateries, lots of charging plugs although Malaysian AC plugs wouldn’t fit my adaptors, they also included south Asian style sockets I could use and free showers!
A recovery night plus one at a Bali, Denesper airport/mall hotel. All my guide sources said don’t buy your sim card at the airport, hence the mall visit, I couldn’t figure out the Ferry options online, there are sooo many to Lombok. Then discovered for $37 I could fly from the very close airport to Lombok in an hour and the decent ferry looked like $30 seven hours not counting time to terminals.
Next stop Sengiggi West coast Lombok. break up the journey to Gili Air and have a peek at more (not just tourist) Indonesia.
Where they have Boats! Lots of mostly sail powered (some had kikers) gill net boats. And some larger, without outriggers honest to goodness Pures Seine boats. I watched a couple make sets off the hotel beach. and talked with a vendor guy who sometimes fished them.
Next a cab then public boat ferry from Danersal harbor (25k IDR = about $1.75) for a twenty minute voyage to Gili Air. Motorized vehicles are banned on the Isl, which might take three hours to walk around, so lots of bicyles, some E-scooters, and for heavy transport poney carts!
Not so many pictures yet My Bananna Cottages digs are 50m down a lane off the beach so I haven’t been packing the phone to be left on the beach while snorkeling
Also afraid to report my cast iron stomach lost to a very bad dinner of fried noodles & other stuff back in Inle Lake. So in the past its a two maybe three day thing. After a week I’m considering Anti Biotics, the yougurt and Acidopholus just isn’t doing it . Local Pharmicist/(nurse practiconer?) I saw today ($7) says give it 3 more days. Then the Doc will be back on Island and it will be time for more serious drugs if not better. You all probably didn’t need to hear that. Just don’t eat at the BarBQ 68 in Nyuang Shwe
I promised some time back I would model my lightly enhanced (Velcro added) Longi, probably not the name in Balinese, cool and comfortable local kilt. Here it is, seen on the porch of my $20 / night, AirCon with breakfast, open to the sky bath where you can just hear the call to prayer from the mosque.
Then a couple short videos of the bungalow
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looks like pretty nice accommodations here, nice rock work 🙂
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