So I'm back on Lombok after the 8 days in Gili Trawangan. I already miss it. Easy, fun life over there. Had a super cheap place to stay, some good mates and could just wake up, swim, relax, dive, watch NBA live, hike or just chill with a book. I knew the good places to eat and had a local spot that I went to about every day, sometimes twice a day cause I knew the food was good and would be a good price. They definitely knew me by the end. Ate a spicy peanut veggie dish 4 times total, cause it was so good.
The island is full of travelers, all staying in homestays. Most chill on the beach or in the cafes, while some take it up a notch and go to one of the 7 dive companies on the island to get underwater. The days went by without being bored, and pretty much always just loving it. Watched the sunset, the sunrise, the tides change and the moon get bigger and bigger. Plus learned which places to eat at and which not to. Can't get ripped off all the time and after a while, you feel like a local.
Today I rented a motorbike and road around the local villages, stopping off at a few temples, jumped off some rocks into the river coming from the volcano and fed some monkeys. They love peanuts, but get a little pushy after a while, so they stopped getting fed, almost had a monkey war going on.
Off to dinner, then crashing early for a 5am start to go hike Mt Rinjani, an active volcano, which is the 2nd largest in Indonesia. 3 days 2 nights on the mountain. Hell yeah
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