I woke up to the most wonderful treat – Pete had made me breakfast in bed! Now that is the perfect way to wake up every morning 🙂
After breakfast we caught a taxi down to the beach where the ferry leaves from and had a cold drink on the beach while we waited. The ferry finally arrived at 10:40am. It wasn’t exactly a ferry (well what we would call a ferry), it was just a boat. They have no dock so the boats just reverse as close to the beach as they can. To get on you basically have to time the waves right and make a run for it and jump on he back of the boat. If you time it wrong the boat could hit you – nice! This was one of those times I wished I had a smaller backpack!! Luckily the local guys offered to take our backpacks – whew! We got quite wet but made it onto the “ferry” safely. They then proceeded to load 2 motorbikes, a washing machine and a chest of drawers. It was quite fascinating to watch. After all that entertainment we had a leisurely 1 hour boat ride across the channel to Nusa Lembongan island.
We had the same fun and games getting off the boat but the waves were a calmer on this side. We were met by 2 guys from our hotel, Bunga 7, who asked if we could drive a scooter. Pete said he never had, the guy said ” are you a good driver?”, Pete said “I think so”, and he handed us the keys and said follow me – hmmm i guess me forgetting my license back in the UK isn’t going to matter! They put my backpack on the front of their bike and then he just managed to get his arms around it and onto the handlebars. His friend put Petes bag on his back (the bag was bigger than him!!!) and then climbed on the same bike behind his friend. I thought the poor bike tires were going to pop. It looked so funny. Pete strapped my small day bag to his front and I had his big day bag on my back and we climbed on our bike to follow them – thank goodness it was an automatic so we were fine. The roads were very bad and bumpy though.
When we got to the hotel the guy with Petes bag just managed to get it to reception before he gave up and just looked at Pete and said “you have a very very very heavy bag boss” and he looked like he was gong to faint! Shame. We checked into our bungalow – it was great. Woven thatch walls and roof, an awesome dark wood 4 poster bed, a massive shower and a cute terrace where we can sit outside. The hotel also has a great little swimming pool in a beautiful garden. This is much more like the Bali I knew 12 years ago!
We decided to take a walk around an landed up walking for 3 hours, stopping to have a swim and smoothie en-route. The beaches close to us aren’t that great as there are loads of boats but it is beautiful and the water is turquoise and clear. The main town is really cute with traditional temples and Balinese style houses. We were so hot when we got back so we swam in our pool and lay on the sunbeds for a while. We wanted to find somewhere local to eat so we took a walk and found a cute little place close to us. The food was delicious and the people were so sweet. All in all we had a great 1st day in Lembongan island.
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