Motorbike ride back to Mataram

Thursday morning I started the drive from Kuta Lombok back to Mataram, I made some detours to be able to see more of the local life, but soon realised that there is enough to see along the main road. The smaller roads are in really terrible condition, so it takes such a long time to go anywhere on those roads. Now I'm safely back in Mataram, and tomorrow morning at 11am I have the express boat back to Bali where I'll go diving in Amed.

Local morning market on the road from Kuta Lombok

Local morning market on the road from Kuta Lombok

The local Bakso vendor at Narmada, just 15km from Mataram

Kuta Lombok

Wednesday morning I started driving from Mataram direction Kuta Lombok, which shouldn't be confused with Kuta Bali. At least not yet, Kuta Lombok isn't very developed yet, but one can clearly see that this place is going to be big in let's say 5 years time. The water here is crystal clear, and the surf 200m off the beach is obviously really good. Novotel has also built a really nice resort just east of central Kuta, the hotel looks really nice and is right at the beach.

Kuta Beach in the middle of the day, no people to be seen anywhere

Sunset at Kuta Beach 

Sunset a Kuta Beach