My life in Lombok

I am afraid I have clearly given up my tourist state of mind... I have completely given up seeing things and finding out tours and drivers, and ways to walk here or there... I have forgotten about my Lonely Planet guide and I am finally completely dedicating myself to.... not doing absolutely anything!!!

And can I say I love it? I get so stressed trying to do the thing I should be doing and seeing the things I should be seeing, that I would normally end up going home and feeling all relax for going home. And the I would realise that, sh*$!!! I have to work tomorrow!! So here I am in this place in the very south of Lombok, in this hotel with spa with bar with 2 restaurants with fitness center and over all with beach, and I havent (and do not plan to) set a foot outside from it... yep, there are times when I feel slightly guilty about not trying to learn to surf, and not visiting mount Rinjani etc. etc. but I actually think that I am finally doing what I am meant to be doing. Again: nothing!

So my days go like this:
- wake up, at around 9 ish
- have buffet breakfast of some unhealthy thing or other, like a crepe drown in maple syrup. I do try to through some fruit on top, just for the shake of appearing healthy... have my few cups of tea...
- go to the beach. Get my towels, set my camp in on o the little tent/houses that allow you to be covered from the sun (vital if you tend to look more like a lobster than a coconut...).
- read/stare into infinity (watch shit as a friend of mine says) for hours
- go for the odd stroll, snorkell (although there is not much to see around here... the Gili islands were amazing for that), listen to little girls/boys trying to sell us bracelets... this last thing is actually something quite interesting... the cheekyness of them!
- ocasional nap... sorry, siesta!
- go for a massage. So far I have had 2. A sasak massage and today a hot stone massage, where they actually put very hot stones on you.... quite cool actually!
- when the sun is setting go to the room and have a shower. Then proceed to the bar to have a mojito and listen to the entertainment band of 4 guys with a couple of guitar and some stranger instruments. Dinner is then either in the bar or in the restaurant. Today it was indonesian food buffet... very nice!
- go to the room to talk to family, check internet in various ways, and watch a bit of homeland (pretty damn good series, I am very impressed! thanks David!).
- go to sleep, and repeat for a few days.... :)