General Greatness in Ahmed Bali

Postcard perfect Kath.

One thing we have discovered on this trip is that if you find a place you like, don't go somewhere else just because you said you would, and especially don't go somewhere else because whatever book you have says it is a can't miss. The people make the difference and the views turn into one another after a while. This very thing happened to us in Ahmed Bali. We showed up for a couple of days and stayed over a week. The people we were staying with were kind, the lifestyle relaxed and the diving terrific. We could rent a scooter and travel out into the fishing villages and up the mountains and come back in the evening to a great little Warung where we could drink cold bintang, eat fresh fish and play cribbage by candle light.

One day I went fishing at five in the morning and saw the sunrise over Lombok. I also fished out of the boat below that has outriggers along with a longtail motor.

Another day we took a scotter and ate curried rice in the rice fields and climbed Lempunyang and were nearly attacked by rabid monkees.

This dude is vicious. Don't let him fool you.

Another day we did nothing and on another day I ate gado gado and fish satay that I thought would kill me.