I AM SMRITI RAI

Kings palace Islamic Art Museum Petronas twin tower View from Observation Tower China Town

I met a lovely solo female traveller during my stay in Ubud. We didn't originally plan to go to Lombok, but since Bali was really touristic than I expected, we decided to go to Lombok by boat which took us around 3 hours.  Lombok has loads of guesthouses and homestays in cheap prices. Kuta is near Lombok airport (around 20 mins drive) and with nice beaches. It is around 3 hours drive from the port.  Strolling around the town and I saw the picture of Pink beach, the gentlemen from the travel agency advised us not to go there on our own and hire a car cause of the difficult roads and we had to pass through the 'jungle'. We thought he was just trying to sell us the tour and hence, ignored him. The lady in our guesthouse warned us that the beach was far.  But, I wanted to hire a scooter as it would be cheaper of course and I love riding scooter. We checked on our google map and it was 2 hours: we thought we could make it.   So, we embarked on ...

I was running out of fuel in my bike and was looking for petrol station everywhere. I couldnt find one so stopped at a small shop to ask for a petrol station and she pointed at these bottles...  Had problem with my bike and these local people were helping me fix it without charging me. Island people are the nicest.  Tanah Lot, which is one hour away from Seminyak where I was lodging.  Uluwatu Temple, Uluwatu There was surfing competition in Uluwatu beach and hence the flags.  I was waiting for my travel companion, so I just sat with these ladies at entrance and they allowed me to take there photographs. These ladies were super kind and hilarious too.   One of the lady brought me local Bali coffee and these cucumbers tasted so good.  I stayed two nights in Seminyak and went to Ubud after that.  Woke up at 2 am for trekking to Mt. Batur. It was dark and slippery but the view w...