Lombok – Day 8/9 – Kuta

We leave Bali today and head for Lombok. Bad news is on the slow ferry! We left at 5.30am and boarded our 5-hour ferry ride.

Once we arrived we had lunch at a local restaurant and I had a meatball soup, it was super tasty!

Traditional village visit

About 25 families live in this village. We were shown a traditional home, which has an inside and outside under cover. We were told the women sleep in the inner part and the males on the outside. We were told that the best way tradionally to sort a wedding was to kidnap the bride to be and then negotiate the dowry. They would then have a big parade and party after the wedding. This is more a ritual now but used to happen. As mentioned above, the women slept inside and men outside. This is the protect the women, there are not even windows.

We arrived at our hotel in Kuta.

For day 9, I ended up staying in bed all day with Bali belly, which started the day before. Luckily, it was a free day, so I didn’t miss out and felt a lot better for the rest.