{"id":4837,"date":"2013-01-15T22:52:17","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T14:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=4837"},"modified":"2014-06-18T14:16:55","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T06:16:55","slug":"lombok-part-4-jeeva-klui-and-around-sengigi-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mytwogirls.net\/?p=4837","title":{"rendered":"Lombok Part 4 – Jeeva Klui and Around Sengigi Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

Continues from here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u2665November 28th\u2665<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Jeeva<\/p>\n

Jeeva Klui<\/a>, is a small boutique hotel with 35 rooms located on Klui Beach, 5km away from Senggigi<\/a>, the main Lombok tourist area. The place is beautiful : the rooms spacious and functional, the grounds immaculately kept and nicely landscaped. Every thing is very stylish yet rustic.<\/p>\n

Our room was a partial ocean room, located on the top floor of a two-story bangalow.<\/p>\n

This was the view from our verandah.<\/span>\"Jeeva<\/p>\n

Our room key.<\/span>\"Jeeva<\/p>\n

The bangalow with our room on the top floor.<\/span>\"Jeeva<\/p>\n

The girls were so happy there was a pool, like me, they prefer to swim in fresh water instead of sea water. We took a table at the restaurant which was close to the pool for breakfast to keep an eye on the girls while they swam.<\/p>\n

Watching over the girls over breakfast<\/span>\"Jeeva<\/p>\n

My healthy breakfast<\/span>\"Jeeva<\/p>\n

Lounging by the pool.<\/span>\"Jeeva<\/p>\n

It was hard to get the girl out of the pool, but we wanted to go to Senggigi for lunch and a walk about, and when they were told they could buy something from the art market, they agreed to shower and get dressed.<\/p>\n

We took a bemo<\/a> (small covered pick-up truck with narrow padded seating benches in the rear) to Senggigi<\/a>, which we flagged outside of Jeeve Klui, and it cost about USD1 for 4 of us for the trip (an aircon taxi would probably be about ~USD2). <\/p>\n

Senggigi<\/a> is the main tourism centre on Lombok. Not as large or busy as its Bali counterparts, it’s more laid-back, with a small art market for shopping, a couple of mini-marts (we were looking for supermarket, but we only saw those 24 hours mini marts), a few spas. There were many cafes and restaurants that line the beach and along the main road, some local warungs, and lots of tour and dive\/snorkeling centres.<\/p>\n

We had lunch at Yessy Cafe<\/a> (nice fried fish, simple hut like setting, nothing to shout about), and then did a walk about in Senggigi.<\/p>\n

A sign board for a tour centre at the beach.<\/span>\"Tourist<\/p>\n

A painting on the wall of a restaurant<\/span>\"Restaurant<\/p>\n

Lots of boats docking at the beach<\/span>\"Boat<\/p>\n

A local warung at the beach.<\/span>\"Warung<\/p>\n

Snorkeling and dive centre drying the equipment.<\/span>\"Snorkeling<\/p>\n

I don’t know where these baby turtles come from and why they are kept in the small tank, I hope they would be released out to the sea and not ended up on someone’s dining table.<\/span>\"Turtle<\/p>\n

A BBQ Warung we wanted to try, but only served beef mainly.<\/span>\"A<\/p>\n

Late afternoon, I had a massage, the girls have their pedicure manicure done in a spa (all came out to be about RM60), while Daddy had a beer (or two?) at a bar waiting for us. Everyone had an hour doing what they like best. <\/p>\n

Locals in Lombok are friendly, and we chatted with a few. Nobody seems to be in a rush, and they look like life is good to them.<\/p>\n

Friendly local with ukulele<\/span>\"Locals<\/p>\n

The son of the Bemo driver we took back to the hotel.<\/span>\"Boy<\/p>\n

We went back to Jeeva Klui in the evening to catch the sunset, and the girls went back to the pool. <\/p>\n

All around Jeeve Klui, sandstone statues like these can be seen.<\/span>\"Statue<\/p>\n

Jeeva Klui restaurant in the evening<\/span>\"Jeeva<\/p>\n

Jeeva Klui restaurant outdoor sitting in the evening<\/span>\"Jeeva<\/p>\n

The sunset wasn’t that spectacular as it was a cloudy day. If it was a good and clear day, you can actually the sunset with Bali’s Mt Agung (yes, you can actually see Mount Agung from Jeeva Klui) on the horizon.
\n\"Sunset<\/p>\n

It was very nice though to have a sunset drink by the pool while watching over the girls enjoying themselves in the pool.
\n\"Sunset<\/p>\n

I love the turn down service in Jeeva Klui. It’s always interesting to see how they’d placed Fifi<\/a> in the room.
\n\"Fifi<\/p>\n

For dinner, instead of dining in Jeeva Klui like the day before, we decided to take a cab to go to Mataram<\/a> (the capital of the Province of Nusa Tenggara Barat, the province Lombok belongs to). <\/p>\n

Daddy found this restaurant, Warung Menega<\/a> online, and wanted to try out. It’s a Seafood BBQ restaurant by the sea. The fish and prawns (Lombok sure have the best prawn I’d ever tasted) were fantastic! <\/p>\n

After dinner, we went back to the hotel, hang about in the reception area, and game room, and then off to bed.<\/p>\n

Jeeva Klui reception in the night<\/span>\"Reception<\/p>\n

Continues here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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