We arrived at
the Medana Marina on the north west side of Lombok Island and anchored. Lombok is just east of Bali. It is a lovely
little spot and we made ourselves at home, booked a city tour, brought laundry
in to be done (very inexpensive and much easier than trying to hand wash and
line dry sheets, towels and everything else that gets dirty and salty). The
city tour was fun... A long and full day with many stops including temples, ATM,
monkeys, supermarket at the mall (provisioning at a "real" supermarket
is a highlight for sure!), beach resort, hand-made pottery shop, traditional
weaving village, and pearl shop. We were taken by bus all over and it was a
little like a grade-school field trip including box lunch sammies and soda.
The evening
before we left to head to Bali, there was a buffet dinner and blues band. This
local group from Lombok did a wonderful job with blues and then all the classic
rock and roll tunes. The lead singer did a great Mick Jagger
imitation (strange, but true). We danced every dance and had a great time. The band played until
about 11pm and then we headed back to the boat, showered and danced some more,
then slept for 4 hours before getting up at 3:30am to catch the tide to Bali.
with Equanimity and Joy
