Monday the 4th of October SENGIGI RELAXING

Sleep in for a change, reorganize and relax. Go to the ugly Sengigi Beach for some cheap massage (35.000 Rp one hour full body) and rent some scooters for a beach hopping trip. Uhm, shit...it starts to rain. And it rained hard and long! At the end of the day it finally stopped, we rented scooters and tried to find a nice beach. It was more a scooter race in mud pools. We didn't find a nice dry beach camp spot, so back to Sonya. Again Bintangs and expensive food. Myrte was waiting for her sleeping bags and matt this time (Yeah, this girl forgets a lot of things and very lucky with people bringing back her I-pod and stuff). I booked my 5 day cruise from Lombok to Flores, again something to look forward to.

Tuesday the 5th of October RAINING SEASON ON LOMBOK, BUT STIL DAY AND NIGHT ON THE BEACH

Finally some sun! We couldn't camp last nght because of the heavy rain. Today will be our day at the beaches around Lombok. Get some mango's and 'spekkoek' (Inthough this was something from Suriname). Most beaches are black instead of white, Myrte's feet were still a big mess so we had to go to an easy accesible beach; Malimbu was the best option. Swimming and relaxing. Only some locals here. I went on a search for some nice hidden beaches; Setangi was the best! Also a few unfinished steps are hidden, so it will take some sliding down the bushes to bet there. But you will get a complete deserted and silent beach. I tried to reach another beach and I had to communicate with a local farm family to get there, a long walk through cow shit was not what I wanted so leave it. Back at Sengigi Myrte's stuff was finally delivered by Parman (the best travel agent so far and honest). Heading back with my camping gear for a night of camping at Malimbu Beach. And why not, it starts to rain again. Luckily there are some bamboo/palm leaf shelters on the beach, so we placed the tent under there. The campfire was not as big as we wanted, everything was wet so we had to 'borrow' some wood from te warung. The Birtangs and the snacks were good, watching a movie on an I-pod in a tent where it was way too hot! Still fun though.

Wednesday the 6th of October LUNATICS ON THE BEACH AND DRIVING WITHOUT MY LICENCE AROUND LOMBOK

WTF is that noise?! This local boy is doing weird things around our tent. Hitting stuff, throwing beer bottles, jumping, stealing our bags. After a while some older guy came and told us this boy was mentally ill. Mango's and spekkoek for breakfast and Myrte tried to learn me how to play the Guitalele...I like it. He got a lift to Lembar and I followed them to say goodbye. Myrte is flying to Australia so she had to leave. It's said, it were 2 fantadstic weeks. That's the way travelling goes, it's always saying goodbye to the best people you meet. We'll meet again and thanks for all the fun! ;-) After dropping her off at the ferry to Bangsal (which is only 31.000 Rp) I drove on to Sekotong and Bangko-Bangko. A long ride with some spectecular coastal views on beautiful Gili's. With low tide you could walk to one of the many Gili's; Gili Genting. Yes, I climbing the Island that seemed to be named after me :-) A 2 hour busy way back to Sengigi, long waiting at the petrol station (it's a lot cheaper -4.500Rp- to get your petrol here, than from the bottles along the road). Traffic was crazy this time, especially in and around Mataram. Getting lost is easy without any signs of where to go. Just follow my intuition and I will get there. No speed limits, so I just acts like some locals, 100km per hour through chaos. Had to buy a cheap phone with a shop where nobody speaks English and that was lot's of fun with all those local girls there. In Sengigi is was lonely me, no other nice travellers this time. I discussed loads of business opportunities with Andy, one of the owners of the bars in Sengigi. He made me a delicious local Lombok meal. It was a sunny but also sad day, keep smiling...new adventures to come!