06.11.11
Today we came to an island called Nusa Lembongan, where I was
hoping for a more authentic Balinese experience!
The walk to the boat took a little longer than we had anticpated,
it didn't seem quite so long when we were strolling around
last night! Thankfully we arrived in time. It was only a small
boat, with wooden benches and 'stablisers'. We watched as 3/4
people carried several mopeds through the water and on to the boat.
We then had to wade and climb up on to the boat with our packs,
avoiding the crates of soft drinks and barrells of petrol they
were taking across.
An hour and a half later we arrived, and were accosted by 'porters'
and people wanting to show us to guesthouses. We found a very
simple room, virtually on the beach and Bobby had the first floor
of a 2 storey beach hut. Again there were lots of fishing boats
on this beach.
We decided to get acquainted with the area and walked south along
the beach. Along the beach are peoples houses and then patches
of guesthouse after guesthouse. We got to the end of the cove and
sat on the wall watching some seaweed farmers collect their boat
load of seaweed in to large baskets. They then carry them 2 baskets
at a time hanging from a bar they lift and carry across their shoulders.
Behind the row of building along the beach, aswell as on the beach,
the seaweed is laid out to dry on large tarpaulins. It had quite a
distinctive smell. We then followed a path up some steps and continued
it around the headland. Along this path were lots of upmarket bugalows,
with great views over the bay and the grids of submerged seaweed fields.
This path led us down some steps to Song Lambung beach, another small
golden beach, full of small fishing boats. We had a snooze for an
hour or so before making our way back to our guesthouse.
This evening we walked north of our guesthouse as there was a large
choice of restaurants to choose from. WE eventually decided on
a romantic candlelit table for three and the Star Two Thousand
restaurant, right by the beach. It had been overcast and
drizzly all day, and as we had our meal and it got dark the wind
got up and we could hear heavy rain on the sea some distance
away. It never quite reached us, well not until during the
night anyway.
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