Staying in Senggigi

The Puri Saron is the kind of hotel where you can really make yourself at home. The open air dining pavillion looking out to the "best pool in the world" even has a wireless hot spot these days.  There are so many attractive options available for spending hours by the pool.

The end of the dry season has resulted in a lot of last minute gardening ready for the impending rain.  We've been watching in amazement as this nimble footed man has been scaling the extremely tall palm trees in the hotel's beautiful Balinese style garden and trimming the excess palm fronds - no harness, no crane, no safety net, no real equipment at all, except for a machete and length of fabric tied in a figure eight around his ankles. 

We only left the hotel for short periods yesterday.  Rob is starting to recover from his cold to end all colds (at last) and he joined us for dinner with Gregg and Leigh and Jacob last night at Alberto's, on the beach.

We dined at Alberto,s, at a table on the sand, on the first night of our first visit to Senggigi 6 years ago.  It has had a major upgrade since then, one of the few businesses that must have thrived in Lombok over the past difficult decade.  It is a favourite haunt of Gregg's and Leigh's, for its great food, beautiful pool and gorgeous sunsets.  This time we dined in the tiled pavillion to save getting sand between our toes.

We enjoyed the live music: Indo versions of a wide repertoire including the Eagles, Pink Floyd and Santana, played with a slightly Polynesian twist.