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travels with a guidebook writer

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Lombok


After days of life on an undereqipped boat, including a night on deck enduring a pounding rainstorm and high seas (plus a shark encounter during a snorkelling foray the next day), the uneventful public ferry ride from Lombok to Bali seemed almost a luxury. Entrepreneurial passengers sell snacks during the trip.