The
trip started when for the 1st time our company gave us almost 2 weeks
new year holiday. Me and my other 2 coworkers decided to go to Lombok,
and before i did it i posted about that trip on Couchsurfing.com to find
some travelmates. Well it kinda worked, so ended up with 3 of us (me
and 2 coworkers) and a friend from Finland, also a friend from Germany, 5
of us.
1st
day started by going to West Sumbawa and met other Couchsurfers there,
also my sister wo lives in Seteluk District - West Sumbawa and a friend
who actually invited us to visit his village which was a traditional
village on top of mountain, Mantar village. To reach the village we had
to wait for the Ranger to pick us up on the street near my sister’s
place, we paid about Rp. 20.000 for round trip. The road to the village
was pretty bad and scary, Ranger was full with us (9 of us) and other
villagers. It took about an hour till we arrived there and we stayed at
my friend’s house. Still many traditional houses there and it was pretty
cold, women wore sarong and my friend’s family were so nice to us. They
gave us chicken that we cooked by ourselves and took us to a nice spot
to see seaview from Mantar, that we could see amazing West Sumbawa view
from up there.
We
only stayed there for a night and the next morning on our 2nd day we
(only 5 of us, coworkers, and 2 other friends) continued our trip to
Lombok. We arrived in Montong, Central Lombok around evening and we
stayed at a Couchsurfing place. Next morning they took us to see Benang
Stokel & Benang Kelambu Waterfalls which was not that far from their
place, like 30 minutes driving. But too bad i didn’t take picture of
Benang Kelambu cause i left my camera in West Sumbawa -_- But both
waterfalls are nice and it’s close to each other.
After
Montong then we went to Senggigi only visting some beaches a lil bit
then we stayed in Mataram in my brother’s place. Next day we drove to
west area, we we meant to go directly to Bangko-Bangko but then on the
way we found out about some islands in west and then decided to go to
one of it which was Gili Sundak, we chose that one cause it was the
closest and actually if i could swim i would swim to reach the island
and no need boat but we had to use the boat and paid for Rp.
20.000/person for that 5 minutes boat ride. In Gili Sundak i didn’t even
do much, just walking around and swim a lil bit, not exacty swimming
but just getting into water and play with it.
Done
with Gili Sudak then we continued our trip to Bangko-Bangko. So i found
out about Bangko-Bangko from tourism map and it says it’s a surfing
spot and pearl producer, i was interested to go and it was pretty late
already and we went to the wrong direction, instead of the surfing spot
we went to the fisherman village. Luckily we met the village mayor who
offered us to stay in his house, it was 1 simple beach house for 5 of us
while he and his family stayed in his main house. They were very nice
family with friendly neighborhood, it wasn’t our plan to go there but it
was one of the best moment during that trip, for me. Laying on sands
starring at the sky and some young people played guitar and sang
together. And fyi, no electricity in Bangko-Bangko.
The
next day we went to the other Bangko-Bangko we meant to go at 1st. We
found it and took a rest a lil bit there. I can’t surf and i didn’t even
know why i wanted to go there but one of our friends went surfing while
the others taking a rest. Stayed there till noon then we went back to
Mataram and stayed in my aun’t house for a night. Next day we drove to
the south and already contacted a couchsurfing friend who lived near
Kuta beach to host us. On the way to Kuta we stopped at Sade Traditional
Village and walked around there a li bit. Then when we arrived in Kuta
our host suddenly said he couldn’t host us so we continued driving to
Kopang, Central Lombok and stayed with my coworker’s family. They were
so nice and tried to give us the best they had and made us feel so
comfortable staying there.
After
staying there for a night we continue driving to north Lombok, we 1st
went to Sembalun to see Rinjani Mountain and met some monkey buddies.
Then we drove to Bayan, a village under Rinjani mountain. My coworker’s
family live there so we stayed with them, the neighborhood there was
also amazing. Everyone really tried to make us enjoy our stay, they also
cooked delicious food. Well almost in all places we visited they always
cooked for us, lucky us....God bless those kind people.....well then
next day we went to Senaru to see waterfalls. We went to Sendang Gila
and Tiu Kelep. Both waterfalls are close to each other, we could walk
from one to another. I like Tiu Kelep more, it was one of the most
beautiful waterfalls i’ve ever seen. Even tho so many visitors there we
really enjoyed those waterfalls. On the way back to my coworker’s house
from waterfalls we stopped to see the oldest mosque, it was the 1st
mosque in Lombok Island, small and simple.
After
staying one more night in coworker’s house we drove to Pemenang.
Pemenang is still in North Lombok and it’s where the harbor to go to
Gili is. We meant to spend new year eve in Gili so we had to be in
Pemenang a day before. We stopped at the monkey forest, Pusuk and met
our buddies then stayed in my coworker’s friend’s house which was very
close to the harbor. The house was so big, i never met her before but
luckily she and her family wanted to host us and even cooked for us,
another kind people we met during our trip.
The
next morning we went to harbor, bought ticker and from 3 gilis we chose
to go to Gili Air. Gili Trawangan is the most famous and we thought it
would be so many people there on new year eve so we chose Gili Air that
we thought would be less people, and it was pretty true. In Gili Air we
stayed with other coworker’s relatives’s house. Yeah we always stayed at
friends, or family’s houses, i was so lucky during that trip, many
people helped us. Btw we walked around the island and at night when we
meant to go back home we didn’t find the house so we stayed at Mosque.
It wasn’t even midnight yet, people were so noisy singing, dancing,
kissing, hugging, holding hands and i was like Zzzzzzzzz.....
And
just for additional info, those 2 coworkers, guy and girl, because of
that trip they started to like each other after working 4 years together
in the company they fell in love then got married 3 years after that
trip and have twin babies \\(^o^)// while i’m still single as always -_-
Btw
after Gili Air, then i went back to Sumbawa and luckily the Finnish
friend took me home till Sumbawa with his motorbike. It was one of the
amazing trips i ever had, 11 days we kept moving from one place to
another, visited those places i never thought i would see. And those
beautiful sould people who helped us during the trip, i would never
forget what they did for us and wish to visit all of them again one day
on the next trip.
awesome... thanks for "delecious" photos
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