Next day, we were go for a breakfast in our hotel restaurant.

Again, clear weather and nice atmosphere.

Here they are, view from our restaurant.

After that, we were go for a walk around the Gili Trawangan Island.

 

In early afternoon, we will gonna back to Senggigi.

Next stop is Tanjung Aan and Kuta Beach.
Located to the south coast of Lombok Kuta Beach. Tanjung Aan, a paradise for beach lovers is a very nice area near Kuta Beach. Tanjung Aan beach has sand that resembles pepper. This beach provides an ample opportunity to get together and have fun with your friends or beloved family.
Tanjung Aan bay stretches along a mile and a giant wave breaking on the beach. Turquoise sea water, stir a desire to unlock the hidden secrets of this beach.

 

Next, we went to Desa Sade.

Sade Village is a traditional Village on Lombok island. This Traditional Lombok Village located on Central Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat. It take about 1 hours from Mataram City. And half hours from new Lombok Airport. Their house are stil traditional. The roof made from alang-alang and the wall made from combinations of clay and cow faeces. For them, cow faeces have many functions for their live such as for cleaning the floor, washing, bathing, etc.

Sade Village have a beautiful traditional woven. They still make the waven with a traditional way. One waven can take 1 or 2 months to get ready for sale. Sade traditional waven have a unique design.

Our last stop is Desa Banyumulek.

Banyumulek is Pottery Village. The village is located in the district of Kediri Banyumulek West Lombok district and one village on the island of Lombok famous for pottery craft.

The stuff they produce is unique and diverse. The average is made of clay or clay molded, baked, then painted. For the decorations they used egg shells formed and added decoration of wall paint. The price of goods sold in this diverse. can reach Rp.35.000 – Rp.500,000 depending on the level of difficulty to make it. What's interesting pottery Banyumulek how to make a still retaining the traditional burning techniques. By using straw and firewood.

We have a chance to tried to make some pottery craft for our souvenirs.

See you later Lombok! :)

  

Our first stop is Gili Trawangan.

Kyaaa~ it's so like Hawaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiii !!

 

 Gili Trawangan is the largest of Lombok's Gili Islands and the only one to rise significantly (60 m) above sea level. Measuring 3 km long and 2 km wide, it has a population of around 1500 . The name Trawangan originates from the Indonesian word Terowongan (Tunnel) due to the presence of a cave tunnel built there during Japanese occupation in World War 2.

Of the Gilis, Trawangan is the most developed and geared towards tourism. The main concentration of settlement, recreation, accommodation and diving business is situated on the eastern side of the island. A local pub, Tîr na Nôg claims that Trawangan is the smallest island in the world with an Irish pub. It was previously administered under Lombok Barat Regency along with Senggigi until 2010 when the Gili islands came under the jurisdiction of the new North Lombok Regency (Kabupaten Lombok Utara).

 On Gili Trawangan (as well as the other two Gilis), there are no motorised vehicles. The main means of transportation are bicycles (rented by locals to tourists) and cidomo (a small horse-drawn carriage). For travelling to and from each of the Gilis, locals usually use motorised boats and speedboats.

We take a Cidomo (local transportation) to our hotel.

   

I and Jodi, stayed at Beach hotel.

Even the hotel is really in a good atmosphere!

(I feel passionate in this holiday yeayy!)

 

After we already check in, we were gonna go for hoping island.

We will do snorkling and more..

Awwwkk..prepare for your sunblock there! hehehe :)

Gili Meno is the middle of Lombok's three northwest coast Gilis. Gili Meno has a population of about 500, mainly concentrated on the centre of the island. The main income comes from tourism, coconut plantation and fishing. On the west side of the island there is a small shallow lake that produces salt in the dry season. Until a few years ago there was also a small production of seaweed on the reef at the north end of the island. Gili Meno has swimming beaches all around the island, and a bird sanctuary.

The island attracts fewer tourists than Gili Trawangan and is the quietest and smallest of the islands. However, honeymooners are often drawn to the crystal clear water and idyllic, secluded white beaches.

There is no fresh water on the island and it has to be brought by boat from Lombok. Electricity is supplied by underwater cables from Lombok. There are no cars or motorbikes.

 

 

 

 Our second stop is Gili Air.

Gili Air is the second smallest of the islands and the closest to mainland Lombok, making it popular with honeymoon couples and travellers seeking a quiet retreat. It has a population of about 1,800. The island offers excellent snorkelling and scuba diving off its east coast, and turtles can be seen along the coral reef.

Proximity to Gili Meno, the smallest and most secluded of the islands and to Gili Trawangan the largest island, known for its many restaurants and parties, makes Gili Air a happy Medium of seclusion with adequate services. Both other Islands are a quick boat ride away.

After we were have our snorkling time, we go back to our hotel and ready for sunset.

we go to Sunset point and take some picture there.

It was so very nice!

See you tomorrow dear sun!

 Actually, Me and my friend have a plan to get a holiday together.

From 5 person who join, in the fact only 2 persons are ready to go... :(

 

So, we went to Soekarno Hatta airport - Jakarta.

The plane is take off about 14.40 PM, but it was postponed.

After waiting for delay about 45 minutes, we are flying to the sky ! (yippieee...)

The sky is clear and we have a chance to see sunset time from the sky :)

After flying about 1 hour, we off to Lombok!

Welcome to Lombok!

 

 Lombok is an island in West Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Barat or NTB) province, Indonesia. It forms part of the chain of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with the Lombok Strait separating it from Bali to the west and the Alas Strait between it and Sumbawa to the east. It is roughly circular, with a "tail" (Sekotong Peninsula) to the southwest, about 70 km across and a total area of about 4,725 km² (1,825 sq mi). 

The provincial capital and largest city on the island is Mataram. It is somewhat similar in size and density with neighboring Bali and shares some cultural heritage, but is administratively part of NTB along with sparsely populated Sumbawa. It is surrounded by a number of smaller islands locally called Gili.

One that the tourists should try when traveling to Lombok is the traditional food named Ayam Taliwang and Plecing Kangkung. Both of Ayam Taliwang and Plecing Kangkung was made by a family who live at Karang Taliwang. They are Haji Murad and his wife, Salmah, who introduced the recipe at the beginning of 1940.

The uniqueness of Ayam Taliwang comes from chicken that is used, still fresh and young. Beside that, it also can be served as fried chicken, spicy roasted chicken,and also honey roasted chicken. Ayam Taliwang always serves together with Plecing Kangkung, kind of food made from water vegetable called kangkung.

The traditional recipe of Ayam taliwang and Plecing Kangkung is very hot and spicy; however those recipes will make the tourists know how delicious it is.

This popular traditional food can be found easily in some restaurant located at Cakranegara or in Taliwang village.

Because we are in a hungry, our tour guide take us to eat Taliwang before we check in to Hotel.

 Oh really it was so delicious and you must try it!