I flew in from Lombok, back to Bali, a whole half an hour flight (literally up and down)... and am noq in seminyak, in the south of Bali, nwxt to Kuta. This is now the really touristy part... I havent seen much yet, but shops look promising. .. I have two nights here and I fly back home...
Hotel is quite nice!
As I had a lt of time before my plane we stopped, on the way to the airport, to see a typical sasak village, the original people in Lombok. ..
This morning I actually went on a little visit... I went to visit the nearby beaches on a motorbike with a spanish girl that I met in the hotel.
First a couple of lines on this person. They are a couple of surfers from Santander (north of Spain) which I met on the first day. I sat in the restaurant having a wonderful burguer, much deserved after days and days of asian food... and I heard them wispering and looking at my burguer longingly. As they were talking in Spanish they we not quite wispering, more like talking out loud, which is what you do when you think no one understands you anyway, so I though it prudent to let them know I was also spanish before they said something they would later regret... :)
My next encounter with the girl was also interesting as we met in the spa. I was all spaced out after a massage; she was going into get her hair treated after the hotel swimming pool had turned it green...
So, as I was saying, she offered to take me to some of the other beaches that are close by while her boyfriend went to some world renowned wave (desert point?).
The south of Lombok is made of a number of coves, one after the other, all of them aparently very good for surfing appart from being remote and mostly empty lovely beaches... the trip was really nice, even if the road gave us a thorough butt massage. The motorbike gives you the freedom of going from one place to the other quickly, so we stoped and continued a few times. I also found out a bit about the surfing, with a lot of different types of waves and little boats that take you to were the waves are, which are not actually at the beach as I thought up to this point... all in all a very nice unexpected experience! !
I am now in the little island of Gili Air. This islands belong to Lombok (an island almost the size of Bali that sits to its east). There are three of them and seem to be very touristy. Right now Gili Air does not have that much people as it is low season here. It is funny because the island is small and I keep on seeing the same people around again and again... I came yesterday, by boat from Bali, 3 hours. After disembarking, and checking in the hotel, I went for a walk around the island. And when I say around I mean literally around the whole island, it must have taken at most a couple of hours.
It is amazing though. The beaches are very decent, and every cafe/bar/restaurant has a few chairs right next to the beach so that you sit 3 meters from the water. It is quite relaxing really. Plus there is not that much to do, so....
The main attraction is the sea. I hired snorkel mask and fins and have been snorkeling around, seeing millions of little (and not so little) fish. I even saw a turtle. Now she was not small... it was even a bit scary.
I also thought about trying diving but then freaked out and gave up...
And shockingly enough, I have also found a pretty nice place to do yoga!!!!
All and all this place is one in which I would not mind staying. My days consist of walkung in the beach, breakfast next to the beach, snorkelling, eating nice food (next to the sea, I just had a fat grilled prawn for 2 pounds...), walking some more... not bad hey??
