We returned to Sengiggi from our motorbike adventure by driving straight across the guts of the island. It was the much more direct route, but the thing is we had to share the roads with all the rest of the Lombok traffic including vehicles of all shapes and sizes from tiny motorbikes like ours to HUGE semi trucks loaded to the gillets with cargo and with people stacked on top and hanging off the sides. Every time we stopped at a light we'd be asked by pedestrian...

After leaving the sleepy village of Senaru, our plan was to make tracks down the east coast to a town called Labuan Pandan that was recommended by our very flamboyant hotel manager back in Sengiggi. Adrian was pretty certain that we would need to backtrack several miles in order to pick up the highway that runs all along the coastline of eastern Lombok. I, on the other hand, was fairly confident we had to take the fork in the road that lead northeast through th...

Having said goodbye to Mom and Dad; Gina and I rode back to Sengiggi with Evol, our driver, and discussed our plans for the remaining 2.5 weeks in Indonesia, indeed the remaining 2.5 weeks in SE Asia, period. We decided to kill a few days before the weekend trip to the Gili Islands by taking a little piece out of Ché Guevara's book: Motorcycle Diaries and hitting the open roads of Lombok on two-wheels. Our only decision was which direction to go: north; to moun...

We got to Sengiggi on Lombok by way of a quick stop in Gili Trawangan and made our way to Windy Beach Cottages with pretty minimal effort. Another hotel; another infinity pool and so, of course we got involved immediately. After a nice swim, we took a stroll down the beach and watched an absolutely amazing sunset. I left my El Nido Play It By Ear Day purchased "Angry Bird" flip flops on the beach by our hotel and when I returned they were gone! Serves me right fo...

After a few days in the rainy interior of Bali, we were all excited to get back to some sunshine and blue skies. We took a fast boat from Sanur on Bali to the tiny island of Nusa Lembongan where we'd booked in 2 nights at the Pendana Guest House based on a staunch recommendation from our buddy Morgan, who had visited the place during his run as points leader on the Pro Leisure Tour back in 2010. I'll admit I was a little nervous during the ride up to Pendana fro...