welcome to lombok this is our first day on this island we have just come over from bali
and i'm going to be showing you what lombok is like today we are staying in senegiki
and i'm hopefully pronouncing that right which is on the north south west coast of lombok and
i'm going to be showing you what it's like how different it is to bali what's good what's bad
and basically what this island's like i've heard a lot of great things about this island so i'm
excited to show you we are currently at this beach we just ordered two coconuts from this
lovely lombok lady and i think they're ready so let's go have a look you got your coconut mm-hmm
how is it it's very fresh it's oh it's dripping you need to drink it wow
let's get this coconut going
that's really good it's really good we had one yesterday this one's better i think it
may be a bit sweeter so we are just walking along this beautiful beach we're going over
loud waves we're going over here because it looks a bit clearer like there's no boats on the beach
but the water looks super super clear much clearer than in bali so it's quite exciting we're gonna go
for a good old swim maybe we might see some fish and apparently there's a lot of turtles around
this area as well so hopefully some turtles too it is time to go in for a swim because i need to pee
because i drank a big coconut they are very there's so much water in coconuts be careful
you'll need the toilet in like 10 minutes right let's go in it looks stunning
so there is like a resort here but it looks pretty closed down at the moment i don't know maybe
they're re um redoing it after covid but yeah it looks really nice it would be cool to stay there
but it's probably quite expensive as well we're going to head back now to our bike and then go
find some lunch somewhere because we're getting a little hungry after that swim the mountains
around here look insane they look so cool it does look a bit like hawaii yeah i was literally
about to see that so here is our bike this is costing us 70 000 a day which is a decent price
and it looks like a new bike so pretty good really we're gonna jump back on and then get some lunch
so we've just stopped off at this viewpoint on the way back and it looks insane look at this
i don't know why but it gives me really thailand vibes yeah it feels more like thailand than bali
which is weird because bali's right there yeah you can or maybe you can't see it now but you can see
the gili islands that's gili t gili meno and then guiller is just around the corner which you can't
really see but up here in the mountains i don't think you can see it but it's rajani and which
is the tallest mountain in lombok we're not going to be hiking at this time but at some point it's
definitely on my bucket list to do same one of the good things about here in lombok is the roads seem
amazing compared to bali barley the roads are really narrow and horrible and there's so much
traffic here honestly there's like no traffic the roads are pristine wider it just feels so
much better than bali and yeah first impressions of bombok are really good i'm loving this place
it's nice it's it's nice guys you should come here don't go to bali come to lombok so we just
had lunch we had chap chai and it was really good um but it started raining so we've come back to
our room and i want to show you this because it's only 15 pounds a night um all together so this is
our room it's really clean just like you know it's nothing special but it's everything you kind of
need we've got a lovely little toilet and shower look it even comes out like the roof that's pretty
cool um and yeah that's our room we're hopefully when the rain stops gonna go out to senen gigi
town and then hopefully a cool viewpoint later so that should be pretty cool whilst it's raining i
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lombok so we are now going to head to a viewpoint because the weather has cleared up and and it
should be looking over the mountains and over the sea so let's go on the bike and head there
we have just driven up the mountains and we've come to this viewpoint and it looks insane it
feels like we're somewhere completely different not on the beaches anymore but in the mountains
and that was just a 15-minute drive which is insane so it's our first day in lombok but we
wanted to give a little comparison between bali and lombok just because there are differences
but there's also similarities of course because it is the island just next door and i think one
of the main main differences is like the culture even though it's literally like a ferry ride away
it the culture here is so different to bali and they actually are different religions as well bali
is predominantly hindu and uh in lombok it's predominantly muslim i think 70 we were told
in muslim but there's also some christianity in some hindu so yeah but it's quite different yeah
bali has that very unique i feel culture and it's very unique it's like i think it's the only island
in indonesia which is hindu which makes it just so different and unique um compared to other islands
and i don't know what it is but like we've both said bali has like a certain magical feel about
it like this viewpoint is absolutely beautiful and this is just a 15-minute ride from the sea
and i feel like you just don't get that in bali you have to drive quite a way to get from the
beach the mountains whereas this is right in your doorstep and i'm so excited to discover
in the next couple of days the waterfalls the mountains and going near rinjani we're planning
and also some beautiful islands which are really untouristy i think that's the main thing
lombok is not touristy um compared to bali bali has a big international airport whereas lombok
has an international airport but not nearly as many flights so you're gonna get
all these spots just more to yourself or local indonesian tourists and i don't think on this trip
we're going to have time to go down to kuta which is a big shame because the beaches down there look
beautiful compared to bali bali have a lot of black sand beaches and they just don't
look quite the same as here in lombok anyway i thought it would be interesting just to have a
little comparison because i definitely recommend visiting lombok i know it's our first day but the
amount of good stuff how peaceful it is how quiet is the roads and the traffic it just
i don't know i think it's a little bit of a gem so yeah we're gonna head now to a sunset spot
on a cliff because um it's supposed to be a really good place to watch the sunset as we're in
west lombok so we'll see the sun set below the sea so let's go there
so we have just reached our sunset spot and the sun has almost gone so we're trying to be quick
but wow lombok is absolutely beautiful look at this scenery look at those massive mountains and
in the sunset in the distance it's uh what's the word inda inda which is beautiful scenery kind of
thing it looks insane it looks like phuket almost but more beautiful with no buildings everywhere
so as you can see in the distance they are the gili islands gilly tea gilly meno and gilly air i
think that's right and we're probably not going to be going to them this time but maybe another time
when we're in indonesia guys there's so much to see well there's not enough time so we are going
to go into senghihi town because maybe there's a bit more nightlife around there or you know
it's places to eat because we were going to check out earlier but it rained and so let's go get on
the bike and head there just come into an italian restaurant which looks amazing loads of pizza and
pasta it feels so western here see it's not just barley and get your western stuff but also here
in lombok which is pretty cool so we have just got our pastas and they look and taste amazing don't
they it's like so good this is the best pasta we've had in like months of traveling since we're
back home basically like honestly i'm just gonna dig into this and enjoy it oh no the ice cream is
melting anyway we're in the center of senege and honestly it's crazy it's so different to bali the
road is wide the buildings seem like i don't know really different like really well built it's just
crazy the difference isn't it and we're sat on a bench on the side of the street and this may seem
weird but like a bench is like a novelty for us because you don't get those many places especially
in bali like the streets just cluttered busy and it's fairly peaceful you get the loud bike every
now and again but it's fairly peaceful around here and it's just so cool a lot of western areas i
think this is a place which is gonna blow up in the next few years i just see so much potential
it's just it just seems so nice definitely and also your ice cream is melting oh no
anyway we're gonna enjoy this seat and my ice cream and we'll see you in a bit so that was our
first day in lombok and hopefully you liked the comparison between bali and lombok and you know
the benefits of each thank you for watching we will see you in the next video see you then bye