In Reply to: Oooh tell me more about lombok marKer! posted by bad_kitty_bella on Wednesday, 15. July 2009 at 03:13 Bali Time:
We found Lombok was like Bali 20 years ago...much quieter, not the shops, hawkers, traffic or hassle! Puri Mas is at Mangsit Beach, which is just out of Senggigi, and so quiet and isolated. Only a few hawkers that wander along the front of the resorts. We found them friendly, not as pushy or aggressive as Kuta! We hired a bike and rode up the coast which was beautiful.
We hired the car from Edy in Poppie 2 & paid 150.000rp per day for an avanza - hired it for 3 weeks. We also bought a Bali Navigator which was excellent...just punched in where we wanted to go, and the nice lady told us how to get there. The driving is a bit 'hairy' around the busy areas of Kuta/Legian etc. We just took is easy and watched everyone in every direction...and of course gave way to the biggest! It was a lot of fun, and we did a lot of exploring.
Hope this helps. Feel free to ask anything else.