After having stayed in Gili Air for so long in somewhat primitive conditions (the bungalow was OK, but there were a little too many cockroaches and the power was pretty unreliable) we wanted to have some luxury for the last full night in Indonesia. I covered some parts about our arrival in Bali's Canggu area in the last entry, but putting it short the trip from Gili Air took a lot longer than we had expected. This wasn't too bad but a little annoying still since ...

Which Gili should it be? Before this trip I read some stuff about the Gili Islands in Indonesia. Looking at the map I couldn't for the life of me figure out where they were. The term Gili means a small island, so you end up finding quite a lot of those in a country consisting of 17'000 islands. If you are talking about Gilis next to Bali you are probably talking about the three islands which are actually closer to Lombok's northwestern corner; from west to eas...

After our sea voyage from Flores to Lombok (read about it in our post from Labuan Bajo) we arrived by bus to Senggigi on the western shore of the island. As usual, we had made reservations, this time in a place called Indah Homestay that had its cheapest rooms going for 150'000 IDR per night. The owner (a Dutch woman) had contacted us by email, giving us directions which were of great help since the place could only be found by walking a narrow corridor, followed...

Yes, it's a string with knots. A fancy one has a hook in one end, but otherwise that's it. I used this for the first time with my hammock, Ticket to the Moon actually sells these as sets and I was foolish enough to buy one. It was a rope. With knots on it. Nothing more… What this does is that it gives an easy way to attach things to other things and then to adjust the tightness of one of the things (still following me?). Loop it around a tree and another one...

(Feel free to skip to the part about the cruise, if that's what you're interested in, since this is going to be a long one…) Flores? Where's that? We were surprised how unknown this Indonesian Island is. Talking to a bunch of people on Mojosurf's surfing course, some of who work in Indonesia, you would think it's a small dot in the ocean at the other end of the country consisting of 17'000 similar islands. It's not. Going east from Bali you first come to ...