10th October – Lembongan
After four nights staying in ‘the big pineapple’ in Sanur we caught the boat out to the island of Lembongan. The first thing I noticed as the boat pulled up was the colour of the sea. It’s literally turquoise. Along the coastline are lots of Palm trees and huts. Just to fit in with island life here we decided to stay in a hut ourselves for the night. It’s definitely different from the hostel, with our own bedroom, and private outdoor bathroom!
Because the island only takes about three hours to drive around we decided to get a scooter (sorry mum!) so we could fully explore. We spent hours driving around the little island. We saw a seaweed farm, which I loved as I still haven’t gotten over seeing people wearing the little straw hats, and we saw plenty of women on the seaweed farm wearing them. We also drove across a narrow wooden suspension bridge which was an experience in itself, especially passing other scooters! We drove through so many local places with school children playing and encountered a lot of cows and chickens! There was a big religious celebration going on at a temple so we saw all the local people going there in their religious outfits with offerings. We also unfortunately came across two pigs that would later be used as sacrifices in the ceremony!!! I think this has been my favourite day so far just because we saw so much and we had the freedom (in the form of a scooter) to go anywhere we wanted, and of course it’s the local vehicle of choice!
A Brit and a Canadian in Asia 