So after hanging out on the beach for awhile we sat down for breakfast which was included with our room. I really can't imagine a better deal, beachfront hut with AC for 65 bucks per night.
Morning. Its a tough life.
For the days activities we decided to rent a motorbike and put put around the island. To my delight it was only 8 bucks which included gas. I don't know how they pay for gas at that price.Our first stop was a beach about 10 min away called Dream beach. The name is fitting.
We hung out here for the morning, swimming and checking out the cliffs. The warung in the distance served lunch and drinks. That was the only development on the beach, although it looks like they are putting in a few huts and a pool behind the warung.
Nearby there was a thunder hole type thing called "devil's tear". In reality the waves that aren't broken by the reef are so huge, almost any rock outcropping makes a huge splash. Here is me summoning a wave.
We hung out here for the morning, swimming and checking out the cliffs. The warung in the distance served lunch and drinks. That was the only development on the beach, although it looks like they are putting in a few huts and a pool behind the warung.
Nearby there was a thunder hole type thing called "devil's tear". In reality the waves that aren't broken by the reef are so huge, almost any rock outcropping makes a huge splash. Here is me summoning a wave.
Oops.
After lunch we decided to move on from dream and check out the rest of lembongan. We went through the town where most of the local population lives. At first I thought we were coming upon a temple complex, but its actually a town. Or maybe more of a temple-town as every house has a shrine and the temples are built right into the residential areas.
A little later we crossed over to Nusa Cenigan over a pretty sweet bridge and happened upon this temple. It was grown up and in a total state of disrepair. Perhaps this deity is out of favor with the locals.
After crossing over to Cenigan we started going down little dirt paths to see what we could find. We came upon this terraced area that led down to a little cliff hole type place. We were definitely the only ones here this far out into the rural area of the islands.
It had a small temple at the bottom hidden in the bushes.
We continued cruising around looking for beaches or neat things to see. We met a guy (scammer) who showed us this place in exchange for a few bucks. He wanted 20... lol. He also showed us "secret beach" which was a pretty neat little place although it was getting late and we didn't stay long.
On the way back we passed the swampy areas where the locals were farming seaweed for the Hong Kong cosmetics industry. This is the aforementioned bridge that you drive across to get to Cenigan from Lembongan.
Cruising back through town. We passed some locals betting on cock fights. Sad.
We started looking for a nice spot to watch the sunset. We went over to sunset beach but we couldn't get the best angle at either of the restaurants. We eventually drove up to some villas on an outcropping. Several were unfinished and clearly victims of the world financial crisis as no work had been done in years. We sat down in the yard of one and watched the explosion of water as the sun dipped below the horizon. Just before sunset a few local Indonesian workers walked over and sat beside us to watch the sunset before they called it a day. That kind of thing is really great and so typical of the type of people Indonesians are. They never forget to appreciate the simple pleasures of life. I don't think you would ever see a group of male laborers all go to watch the sunset together after a long day.
That evening we had a nice candlelight dinner on the beach ($10 total) and I arranged a private snorkel trip to some reefs with a local captain. ($35) Really breaking the bank here.
After crossing over to Cenigan we started going down little dirt paths to see what we could find. We came upon this terraced area that led down to a little cliff hole type place. We were definitely the only ones here this far out into the rural area of the islands.
It had a small temple at the bottom hidden in the bushes.
We continued cruising around looking for beaches or neat things to see. We met a guy (scammer) who showed us this place in exchange for a few bucks. He wanted 20... lol. He also showed us "secret beach" which was a pretty neat little place although it was getting late and we didn't stay long.
On the way back we passed the swampy areas where the locals were farming seaweed for the Hong Kong cosmetics industry. This is the aforementioned bridge that you drive across to get to Cenigan from Lembongan.
Cruising back through town. We passed some locals betting on cock fights. Sad.
We started looking for a nice spot to watch the sunset. We went over to sunset beach but we couldn't get the best angle at either of the restaurants. We eventually drove up to some villas on an outcropping. Several were unfinished and clearly victims of the world financial crisis as no work had been done in years. We sat down in the yard of one and watched the explosion of water as the sun dipped below the horizon. Just before sunset a few local Indonesian workers walked over and sat beside us to watch the sunset before they called it a day. That kind of thing is really great and so typical of the type of people Indonesians are. They never forget to appreciate the simple pleasures of life. I don't think you would ever see a group of male laborers all go to watch the sunset together after a long day.
That evening we had a nice candlelight dinner on the beach ($10 total) and I arranged a private snorkel trip to some reefs with a local captain. ($35) Really breaking the bank here.
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