The 'nice' man at our hotel brought us breakfast on our garden patio this morning. And .... we stayed in this wonderful tranquil setting until the sun shone directly on our balcony and it became too hot!
Next stop the beach. Christine went snorkelling whilst Darryl sat under the shade of a big tree and read. Christine's highlight was a big jelly fish which she swam into, though luckily it didn't sting! However, just as Christine emerged from the sea (just like in the 80's Bounty ad), Darryl spotted a turtle taking a breath near where she'd been swimming but Christine missed it!
We had one end of the beach to ourselves except for a few local fisherman, who were standing in the water and an official looking beach cleaner! We think he might have been employed by the Sheraton Hotel to keep the Sheraton beach area immaculately clean for their guests. Of course we would have stayed at the Sheraton but ...
Once the sun appeared over the top of our shady tree we decided to eat! We found an interesting dessert which is particular to Lombok. We are not sure of all the 10 ingredients that it was made of but it was multicoloured and sweet!
We retired to our room out of the heat before venturing out again just after dark. We met a friendly couple at the restaurant and spent hours chatting together, learning about sustainability.
Next stop the beach. Christine went snorkelling whilst Darryl sat under the shade of a big tree and read. Christine's highlight was a big jelly fish which she swam into, though luckily it didn't sting! However, just as Christine emerged from the sea (just like in the 80's Bounty ad), Darryl spotted a turtle taking a breath near where she'd been swimming but Christine missed it!
We had one end of the beach to ourselves except for a few local fisherman, who were standing in the water and an official looking beach cleaner! We think he might have been employed by the Sheraton Hotel to keep the Sheraton beach area immaculately clean for their guests. Of course we would have stayed at the Sheraton but ...
Once the sun appeared over the top of our shady tree we decided to eat! We found an interesting dessert which is particular to Lombok. We are not sure of all the 10 ingredients that it was made of but it was multicoloured and sweet!
We retired to our room out of the heat before venturing out again just after dark. We met a friendly couple at the restaurant and spent hours chatting together, learning about sustainability.
