So after we descended from the mountain, we headed towards Klui Beach, where our villa was waiting for us. It was a 2.5 hour journey by car. We were all shacked out, thighs aching, sunburnt, parched, yearning for a good bath and a good meal.
Jeeva Klui was my choice of retreat to recover from the climbing for the next 3 nites. I'm glad I chose it because it was just simply PERFECT. When we arrived, we were greeted with a refreshing ginger welcome drink and a cold towel. Heavenly. I booked the Amra Villa which could fit 4 persons, 2 single beds on the lower floor and a master bedroom on the upper floor. Darn the stairs though! It was so painful to walk up and down with our aching legs! Other than that... there was nothing else to complain about. The villa was just what we needed to recuperate from the harshness we placed on our bodies over the past 4 days. It was the first time I stayed in a villa with our very own pool!
The food was fantastic and reasonably priced for a hotel. We had complimentary tea time at 3pm everyday, breakfast was ala carte buffet, u could order as many dishes as u wanted and it was all great! We ate so much that we may have put back all the weight we lost...heh. So I drank my favourite cafe latte in the morning and a iced cafe latte every afternoon, better than starbucks quality. Spending time just relaxing with my favourite coffee, watching the waves crash on the shore..That's the way life should be.
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| Breakfast was a real treat! |
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| Sunset at the beach |
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| Restful sleep for 3 nites- Finally some respite from farting and snoring boys. |
Klui beach was private and clean, definitely much better than Senggigi beach. However it was a little rocky, I regretted not bringing my booties along. Those hawkers still managed to sneak in though, so when I saw them I quickly retreated back to the infinity swimming pool. There was a living room where we could use a Mac computer, read books and play games.We could also rent dvds to watch in the villa.
So we just relaxed for 2 days at the resort, only traveling out for dinner to Senggigi. There are many restaurants to choose from, but not many shops. November is low season (rainy), there wasn't much nightlife, the restaurants were pretty quiet. There were a few massage places, but somehow they did not appeal to me, I booked the massage at the hotel (twice the price compared to those outside) and it was great! Open air concept, overlooking the beach, listening to the sound of the waves as the masseuse removes all the tension in the muscles....
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| Spa |
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| Restaurant |
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| Relaxing |
I booked a day trip to snorkel around the Gili islands, and there were so many turtles swimming around on the reefs of the Gilis! We saw small and huge turtles, I must have seen at least 8 turtles on the snorkeling trip. The water is really clear and there are a lot of colourful fish, a few big fishes now and then, couple of triggerfish also. Lunch was on Gili T, which had a very backpackerish feel to it. Many dive schools and resorts on the island, the place was buzzing with people unlike Senggigi. I heard that the showers are all salt water, wonder if its the same for the higher end resorts? For diving we would be better off going to the southwestern gilis which I would return for another time. It was the last nite in Lombok so I chose a place on the beach to eat, called Warung Menega in Batu Bolong, they served grilled seafood, similar to Jimbaran Bay in Bali.. The food was very good, much cheaper than Jimbaran Bay, and we watched the sunset at our table on the beach.
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| Diving boats |
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| Glass bottom boat |
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| Suntanning cat |
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| Ciclomos only on Gili Trawangan, no cars |
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| Streets of Gili T |
I prefer Lombok to Bali. Lombok is beautifully raw, is less touristy/commercialised, I hope it stays this way for some time, but looking at the construction developments on both sides of the road it might not be too far away that it becomes like Bali. There is nothing much to buy here, the fashion is way out, but food and drinks are cheap, people are really friendly, scenery is great. I will definitely return to Lombok! Had such an eventful and rejuvenating 1 week here, it was really difficult to leave.
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