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Must See Lombok Folktale

Born and spent my childhood at East Lombok, Cupak Gerantang was one of many Lombok folktale as my tales before bed. A folktale that I also re-tell to my children or most of my friend who ask’s about specific Lombok folktale.

Usually re-tell through Sasak puppet show, an event that I was not joint yet, since it always held all night long and mostly starts on mid-night. Nowadays, Cupak Gerantang were perform at some Tourist Village, such as Bayan at North Lombok district or the art studio and puppet master H.L. Nasip at West Lombok district.

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Make A Friendship By Traveling

Do travel to get to know your friends more better. Some good friends you can have by join one day trip to two beautiful waterfalls.  Lombok stunning panoramic view waterfalls. 

Sendang Gile and Tiu Kelep at North Lombok district.

Located at Rinjani’s mountain foot area, these two waterfalls covered by dense tropical forest. Any visit will about the mix of morning sounds and scents, immerse experiences of natural wonders.

You may meet local children, play cheerfully at the irrigation channels, at some part of your journey to Tiu Kelep.

And note this, a sudden rainbow lines will come up anytime you shoot your best pics. 

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My Favorit Staycation Hotel at Lombok

All I need from a hotel, mostly, the extra coffee maker, hot shower and comfort bed. Only big three of a must, especially when I’m in my solo travelling.

Things that will become different if my kiddos come along.

There must be a pool, 24 hours restaurant  services and a fast access to medical stuff.

Stuffs that will be take’s another step of changing too. At around next 5 years, would be my great trip if my kiddos could already joint my deep water experience. Two most simple were, snorkeling and diving. 

Bue Coral Inn Hotel at Senggigi, Lombok, Im sure will suit those special needs. 

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Each of my routine investigations or collecting data’s, most attractive view were still always those which I rarely met.

Local gesture, local new languages, culinary, things that I can’t not find at my daily life.

At the pic above, the one at the left side were those who I can met at various event at many villages around Lombok. Those three at the right side, remind me  the warmth of my childhood. Among my grand father’s neighbors, East Lombok local farmer, around the year of 1980′s.

Things that I miss the most. Made me always enthusiast to have many more field investigations or reportage.

My other new routine activities as an Editor at APW Tour.

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Lombok Best Snorkeling Spots

Most of first visit to Lombok will choose three beautiful gili’s as their snorkeling spot destination. An understandable choices. Trawangan, Air and Meno were all completed for various activities beside snorkeling, such are biking, canoing, diving, or other common beach activities.

I am choosing Nanggu. Gili Nanggu is located at southwest Lombok. One of the other six beautiful gili’s, Tangkong, Sudak, Kedis, Poh, Layar and Gede.

Nanggu’s snorkeling spot can be reach at about 1 and half hour from Mataram or Senggigi area. Another 15 minutes crossing on traditional boat from Batu Kijuk village at kecamatan Sekotong Tengah, West Lombok.

My feature image above, reminds me how I turn back at the spot about three times at my last snorkeling moment at the early of January few weeks ago. Then I found out, Nanggu’s view is also always give its beautiy side anytime I do a re-visit.

Reasons why I made Nanggu as my best Lombok snorkeling spot.

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Food as My Refreshing Mood

Four main dishes, but made from about 5 kinds of vegetables, freshwater fish and lots of spices and one bowl of rice surely.

Main course menu which were commonly served as three times daily meal at Lombok.

Urap-Urap, pelecing grilled fish, Ikan Asam Manis , some local recipes. Me myself, tends to add an extra sambal (chilly sauce) at every food, especially when I need mood booster. 

Can’t find specific brand of dark chocolate as my most favorite mood booster and starts to ignore many list of chocolate ice cream. 

Then, wishing a dark chocolate sent to me from somebody outside Lombok? Should I made it as my monthly resolution? :p :D

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Another Gili Nanggu Visit

My last time visit Nanggu at early of this January, I made 3 times return on a spot. The left side of the nearest beach I usually left my other stuff.

Nanggu was lied at the southwest of Lombok. One of many Lombok beatiful gili’s. Nanggu mostly visited altogether with Gili Kedis or the love gili, Gili Sudak -- you can see many of starfish here and sometimes combine with about to 7 other gili (Tangkong, Layar, Gede and Rengit).

The sun finally show up today. Not yet as bright as the spring sun, yet it start to show the real beauty of Lombok.

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Arrange News Style of Writing and Interview

There is always one book at my backpack. An unfinished one. My precious helper in spending time.

Separately or sometimes inside the book, there were also blank paper and pen (pencils, ballpoint, etc). Two main stuff to write down any random words, that might be useful as my keyword, new fictions or just a random poem.

In Lombok, some activities that made you have to spend an uncounted time such are using public transport, at bank queue (or any other public government services) or when you crossing two different tourist destinations.

For me, waiting one my travelling guest or backpacker partner at airport.

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I started blogging at the end of 2005. About 6 months after I start my job -- fully online 8 hours a day - all week, as admin and online marketing at CV Global Net Persada. Small company that still existed through one of their latest web at Pusat Led dot com, Semarang, Central Java.

Most of all, blogging since at the same year, I was also join a blogger community at Loenpia dot net. One of my ‘online family’ and still kept contact through WA group chat.

Now, I have had been blogging for almost 13 years.

A good track of my writing skills. The long one that take me, finally, achieve one of my biggest dream.

Become an Editor and now my daily routine at APW Tour. 

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My Friday Writing Class

Just 20 minutes after mid day. I am just about to finish my latest update. Already posted two pictures and 4 lines of words, describe my all wonderful trip on Thursday 18th January. I was join Glass Bottom Trip with the main snorkeling spot at Gili Meno.

Mr Nuriadi entering my office room. Ok, i still have some minutes to save my post as draft. Whether it is a coincidence or just, yeah, the way my writing’s life alive. One of my writing favorite teacher, one who also now frequent enough updating his own blog, ask’s us (me and my office  mate) to write down about our today’s writing class.

Fortunate me. I can make the writing as one of my post here, since I miss one because of have to enjoy the glass bottom boat trip all day, yesterday. Then here are, I got two writing as an update.

Just my daily routine job desc, as an Editor at APW Tour.

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PATH : Direction you can choose and defends on which way your favorite sight guiding you | Things you trust the most | Way that most people thought they were on the best one | Words remind me, about there is always a way out from everything | Death that leads you to the next life | Sweet, bitter, pain, happiness, joy full, name it as you wish | A highway, connect those who have been separate, my way crossing my own world and go deep down to your heart? (life)

PATH: Ways I live my new life at APW Tour.

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The Scene Behind My Writings

Previously, I am a moody writer. 

I usually blame other things, out of my self, for an unfinished writings.

Then, I know it have to be change. 

Editing stuff not know mood things, common problems disease (flu, headache, or heartbreak? :D ).

Things will be about, which writings should be put as priority. Things about strict list to finished. Things about erasing routine that give no impact to my writing or creative thinking process.

So here I am. I don’t have exact TV nor radio show/program to stick around. Spends most of my times having various books, in terms of absorbs as many vocab as I can memorize. But yeah, whenever my brain --after all, need some relax, I choose silent, do a random chit chat, spent time in Lombok public transport, met random people with random conversation. Sometimes, hope of getting lost to the middle of nowhere and found out new things to write about.

All things that I got and enjoy, as an Editor at APW Tour.

Alhamdulillah.

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Enjoy Culinary Fest at Bau Nyale Event

Culinary Festival at Bau Nyale Event 2018 will be held on March 6th.

Now, do mark your calendar and choose your most favorite event at two weeks celebrations, starts on February 20th.

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Best Things To Do When Rinjani’s Close

Rinjani was closed annual every Januari 1st to March 31st, every year.  

Then, beach and gili’s trip will suit your wonderful Lombok trip with family. Despite’s of three gili’s at north Lombok, there are other beautiful gili. 

Enjoy the clear crystal and turquoise beach color, white sandy beaches, good to visit all year around. Most of all, the enchanted beauty of under water world. You and your kiddos will enjoy the  diversity of aquatic animals also their living environment, colorful reefs and fun time at the beach, all day long.

Gili Nanggu, Gili Kondo, Gili Bidara, and Gili Layar snorkeling spots will be your best options. These beautiful gili’s were also suits your sweet honeymoon escape. 

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Here Are Lombok Best Surfing Spots

Well known as best beaches spots, Lombok is also have several surfing beach spots. 

Though most of the spots were lies at the south Lombok coastal line, those who love to stay around Senggigi beach, West Lombok, still could have fun time. At the corner of Kila Hotel and Pool Villa Club Senggigi, you can do mini surfing or taking short course for beginner.

Selong Belanak beach is only take you 30 minutes from Kuta Lombok. White sandy beaches, provide hollow lefts and rights tides, no reefs and good beachside restaurant.

You can also noted some other spots, at the west side of Selong Belanak, there are Belongas Bay. Sequentially eastward, lies Are Guling, Mawi, fun surfing spots at Kuta and Tanjung Aan, and Grupuk spots.

Most of those spots were good to visit all year around. 

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Best Sunrise and Sunset Spot at Lombok

Born, live and leave my childhood place at Selong, East Lombok, I have never felt enough of having beautiful Lombok sunrise’s and sunset’s.

7 KM of Sunday morning jogging will take me to Labuhan Haji beach. The sunrise showed up with Sumbawa hill’s faint blue as the background.

At Selong, I can see Rinjani’s beauty silhouette as the sunset background.

All beauties which make me hunger all the time for having another sunrise and sunset. As I enjoy as many paint all over the world, I also enjoy whatever background in each of the sunrise and sunset.

In Lombok, Indonesia, one of the best that I can assure you, located at Gili Trawangan. One of other two, Gili Meno and Gili Air, Trawangan spot give you a sunrise with the magnificent Rinjani’s silhouette as the background. Move to the west side of this beautiful small island at the northwest side of Lombok, it was now beautiful Mount Agung Bali as your sunset background.

Is that all beautiful?

Just come and stop by. Found out your most pleasure time, arrange your holiday at the best weather (June until September will be the best traveling time) and take your time, enjoy one of the best sunrise and sunset spot view at Lombok.