Monthly Archives: August 2009

On Sumbawa

I think I can safely say that yesterday we officially had the worst meal in the world! After a trip by bus and local ferry we arrived on the island of Sumbawa. The island here is much drier then Lombok and tourism is sort of not really existing, so that always tends to create problems...

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Tetebatu

I first have to apologize for the crappy phone pictures (now replaced!!). It’s the only way I can post here as they have never heard of internet cafe’s in this area, so I have to do with my phone. And frankly; that means I am now writing a post to you overlooking a gorgeous ricefield...

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Dobos torta: Daring Bakers August challenge

Yesterday I all of a sudden realized that I had to complete both the Daring Bakers and the Daring Cooks this week if I wanted to have it completed before I go on holiday! Now I had been planning this cake for this week anyway, so that was no issue, but I did not plan...

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Gili Menno

After a very long trip (it was a total of 25 hours to get to Indonesia including the stopover in Singapore) we arrived yesterday in the evening in Lombok where our first overnight stay would be. Just one night as today we would be heading further to the lovely sandy beaches of the Gili’s islands....

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Off to greener pastures!

For the next couple of weeks Tom and I will be gone… We will be roaming the country of Indonesia and more specifically Nusa Tengara (Lombok, Gilli Meno, Sumbawa, Komodo and Flores) where we will be travelling between the various islands. There will still be posts here and even a guestpost by the famous Olga...

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