2/9/10 Tuesday - Bemos and a Bat

Packs on, and we're leaving Ubud. We caught the 7:00 AM bus across Bali. Some of our favorite parts have been seeing the fantastic views of the island while traveling. We bought headphone splitters for the trip so we could both listen to my iPod on the trip. Steff put a lot of her music on the iPod before we left, so we broke out her "Fun Times Driving Mix" from college for the ride. Rocking out to angsty emo/indie/punk across Bali = fun times.

We relaxed on the ferry, chit chatted with Rich, enjoyed the view of all the islands, and looked at the bluest water I've ever seen.

Our great sense of calm ended upon our arrival in Lombok... haggling, bemos, cars, people trying to sell us anything and everything, and so on... We booked our ticket to Flores and continued our haggling battle to Sengigi. Rich = haggling king. Steff and I = getting better from lots of practice.

Sengigi turned out to be a quiet little treat. We didn't really see any other tourists while we were here. After the three of us checked into our homestay, we made a mad dash to the beach. The water was crystal clear, warm, calm - perfect for a well-earned swim. Coral. Surrounded by green mountains. Wow.

We stayed by the shore to watch (and take 80 billion pictures of) the sunset. We asked one of the local boys to take a picture of the three of us. Then he asked if he could have a picture with us on his camera phone. And then another person. And then another. There is now a large group of Indonesians that have pictures with different combinations of me, Steff, and Rich.

Dinner: we had about 10 minutes of collective electricity at the restaurant. A bat landed on me, and clung to Steff. It was good.

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