Our flight has been cancelled! After dawn... Our flight left at 6 in the morning (from Kuta it takes half an hour by taxi to the airport), and as they haven't filled the seats they have cancelled it, so we go to the complaints desk, after about twenty minutes arguing we manage to get on a flight that leaves at 10 and makes a one hour stopover in Denpasar Bali.
We have breakfast at the hostel and a swim in the pool. We rent motorbikes in the accommodation itself, we are recommended to come back during the day to avoid problems.
We get up early to catch the first public boat to Lombok. At 9 o'clock it fills up and we leave towards Bangsal.
Boat to Lombok
We stayed in Trawangan, rented some bikes to tour the island. The track runs along the island parallel to the sea, impressive views.
Man on horseback
Today we visit Gili Air, go to the pier and take the public boat (you can go with private companies but they are more expensive). It stops at Gili Meno first.
Gili Meno
We have breakfast in our accommodation with a view of the sea, all very rich. We have arranged for our diving baptism. First they give us a little talk to show us how the equipment works, signals to communicate underwater... We go to the pool, learn how to inflate and deflate the vest, remove the water from the goggles underwater and how to recover the respirator if it leaks. Then we get on a boat and approach a reef in Gili Meno.
We're meeting Mati, to take us to Pandagbai to catch the speedboat to Gili Trawangan.
Pandagbai
We're meeting Mati, today we'll visit the Gunung Batukaru area, the second highest peak on the island. The road is impressive, mountain road, big canyons, jungle and rice fields... what more could you ask for.
Road to Pura Ulun Danu Bratan
Yesterday we met our driver Mati to spend the day getting to know the south of the island.
Our first stop is the Pura Taman Ayun, a temple and garden complex in Bali, with beautiful towers in the shape of a pagoda or meru of different levels. There are many places to celebrate. It is worth it.
At 1 a.m. we leave with the van to the entrance point of the Park, the PHKA post in Pos Paltuding. It is cold and while waiting for our guide we have breakfast at a local post.
Our guide's name is Nini. We start, it is a path of about 3 kilometers to the observation post (about an hour), from here to the top of the crater is about half an hour.
