In search of the answer to the latter we decided to leave our hotel by the beach front heading into Sengiggi noting previously that hawkers had been kept to a certain point on the beach front by the hotels security guards.
We soon found out why that exclusion zone existed when we were accosted from all angles by people selling everything from pearls to sunglasses sadly though for us at a price higher than that at the nearby shops we'd visited yesterday.
Not wanting to discourage the local black market economy though we bought up enough tee shirts to allow us to make a gracious escape with a number of shirt hangers indicating they'd look out for us on the way back !
Even at 9.00 the heat and humidity was oppressive with the sweat just rolling down your foreheads forcing us into a quick retreat back to the hotel and of course the swimming pool - what else !
Having checked out we spent most of the afternoon poolside before finally jumping into our prebooked car for the 1plus hours journey back to Lombok airport. While our outgoing driver delighted in sharing historical and geographical Lombok facts our returning driver seemed more interested in the macabre- "see that pool of blood / smashed motorbike - the rider is dead our driver said bluntly - " no helmet no licence no rules" he remarked as a general comment about the thousands of scooter riding Indonesians who ride accordingly while compressing 5 lanes of traffic into one !
Back at Lombok airport we coincidentally had the same guy who dealt with our missing luggage a week ago checking us in - "hope you don't lose your bag this time" he said with a wry smile !
Having met up with Mark and Katrina who'd also been luxuriating at a Senggigi resort for the last couple of days (read bored with nothing to do) we progressed through Customs to the departure area where I realised with some aguish that I'd left my i pad at the Sheraton Resort
In an amazing act of customer service a phone call soon had them racing to Lombok airport with my IPad making it just 5 minutes prior to our boarding - Wow with a big W !
Now back in KL it's one final lazy day of more relaxing (did we really trek Nepal) before we head back to OZ tonight courtesy of our midnight flight - after a week of oppressive heat were looking forward to it !
