Lombok How goods this?
Submitted by solly on Mon, 2013-09-09 18:20
After twenty odd trimes to Bali we decided to try Lombok for abit of R&R ,Guys this is Bali 20 years ago and all the good vibes you use to get befoere it came what its now.Consider it if you want relax and see culture again without losing your shirt.Im there now LOL
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There are two types of people ,do'ers and watchers
Right now the do'ers are the doing it
And the watchers are watching us do it
breamslayer
Posts: 186
Date Joined: 26/12/12
Shhh, dont tell anyone :p I
Shhh, dont tell anyone :p
I have a 5 day surf trip to Heaven on a Planet over there next year.
Liam A
Posts: 86
Date Joined: 18/07/11
Lombok
Shhhhhhhhhhhh it's already changing too fast over here.
Belly88
Posts: 380
Date Joined: 08/02/12
Hated it
Spent 2 weeks there last year and hated it so much.. The hassle was way worse the people were 100times ruder. The surf was 10 times as crowded and the choose of restaurants was crap.. Will never go back there for any reason it was the worst trip I've done anywhere in the world.. I'll take Bali any day over that shit hole....... On a plus note glad you had a good time :-)
You can have Lombok all to yourselves I'll take Bali any day..
Oh almost forgot I got rolled for my money there to in broad daylight by about 20 friendly locals..
Belly
tot
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Date Joined: 31/01/10
First time
There for me was 21 years ago.
Kuta was bare as , just a few shacks to stay in and no big hotels with pools or anything like that.
When we were going from surf break to surf break or just a cruise on the motorbikes people would put their hand out for a high five on the side of the road. As we rode further of track the kids would be right into the high fives but a couple of old crusties would quickly swap a bare hand for a hand holding a big machete and take a swing!
After a while there we had to take a village leader with us to protect us and our gear while we were surfing. He would cut palms down and cover our car so it couldn't be seen from the hills.
Go surf Eccas on a big day, other than Desert Point it would be the best wave on the island.
First trip that we came across Eccas we approached a bridge that the road was above eye level. As we hit the ramp(we were pretend rally driving) we got the shock of our lives to see that it was 2 planks for each side wide and we actually launched in the air and landed perfectly in the middle. We high fived each other after that!
We spent 3 months going from Kuta Bali to Kuta Lombok chasing swell and good times...ahh the good old days!
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