Friday, December 12, 2008

Leaving Lombok - December 7th

Andrew, my friend/guide leading me thru the forest/hills
View of Sengigi, Lombok
Breaky on my veranda
Dee, Ari, Stephan

A few last pictures of my amazing memories of this island, the scenery was incredible and so were the people I met. A family from Singapore who were moving back to France were staying at the Santai as well and little 3 year old, Ari I called my little Lombok boyfriend. He was so intelligent and cute and we were instant friends! I was taken on an exhausting 2 1/2 hour hike up the hills and thru the jungle and Monkey Forest in the 30 degree heat by another so called 'friend' and even though I had moments I thought I might pass out the views were so worth it!
Breakfast one morning consisted of Black rice porridge with coconut milk and bananas. Getting my fill of bananas here for sure I think when Jack Johnson wrote the song Banana Pancakes he must have been in Indonesia! Very hard to be healthy and lose weight here despite all the melting I've been doing! No such thing as whole wheat, white bread, white rice and even if the menu says grilled so much is deep fried! And smoke! So much second hand smoke with the locals and the Europeans, very hard to get used to after our smoking laws. I will have to detox when I get home for sure!

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