Day 50 Lembar, Lombok, Indonesia

What a wonderful day! Well, it didn’t start out too great since we were late arriving….. mystifying! Anyway, I was on the first tender ashore and we were warmly greeted by a host of people from Lombok. It was a first rate welcome. They don’t get a lot of tourists here and wanted to make a good impression; they did…. We first went to the Nusa Tenggara Barat Province Museum which was very interesting. Next we went to the Narmada Water Palace which was a lovely spot with some interesting photo opportunities. Then we went to Lingsar which was truly impressive. All along the way people were very open and friendly. I loved taking photos of the people, especially the kids. Then it was off to lunch at Senggigi beach. Great lunch right out by the beach. After lunch we had to go to one of those HAL “shopping opportunities” that I hate. This time it was to some pearl store. I didn’t go in but discovered a monkey outside that was truly worthy of some quality time. Our final stop was to the Banyu Mulek village. It was a great stop! The people were amazing, the pottery process very interesting and the ride on the cidomo…. Priceless! It was a great day that got off to a mysteriously late start.