In Reply to: LOMBOK ISLAND posted by silverfox on Saturday, 23. February 2008 at 20:29 Bali Time:
We went to Lombok in June 07 for 5 days.
Flew Merpati from denpasar domestic airport.
Bought our tickets from a travel agent in Kuta that our driver always takes us to tickets were around $55 pp one way.
Best to fly first flight of the day from hotel to hotel will take up around 4hrs .
We stayed at the Sheraton in Sengigi it must be the cheapest sheraton in the world and cost around $105/night for a really beautiful hotel.
The pool area has to be seen to be beleived huge stone head with steam and a slippery slide coming out its mouth. This all looks out into the bay and back at Bali and Agung. It really is a magical place.
The next day we got a driver to have a look around. The vistas are incredible we drove around the coast road looking down on really pretty bays with clean clear water. Really lovely. We only got to see around 1/3 of the island on that day and its way to big to go for one night. You also have the Gilli Islands just off the coast and you can't go to Lombok without going there as it really is Paradise reminded me off when I traveled through Bali and Thailand in the 80,s really a tropical Paradise.
So I really recommend it but 5 days wasn't enough. So if you go and have a look you can always go back.
Hope this helps
Rochelle