The other day somebody told me of a fellow in Lombok who built bungalows like ours and with the first wet season the bungalows collapsed. They just, fell down. I… [Continue Reading]
Tag: Lombok
The family that prays together stays together – the beauty of purpose and belonging
I was, sort of surprisingly, born and baptised as a roman catholic, but led most of my life as an atheist. My mum was from a protestant family. But I don’t… [Continue Reading]
Hiya!
Hello from whynotstories! 😊 A few years ago I hadn’t even heard of Lombok. Then tragedy struck and my life was changed forever. Now I’m living a new chapter of my… [Continue Reading]
You can’t win if you don’t play!
Remember the Beach Boys’ song, “Wouldn’t it be Nice If…”? All Aussies know it really well because it became a ditty on a famous tv ad. It’s the soundtrack to… [Continue Reading]
Ramadan, and the ironies of life
It’s Ramadan time and the mosque’s speaker systems have been belting out the calls to prayer louder and more often than normal. Last year I was in Australia through Ramadan… [Continue Reading]
He sells sea shells by the sea shore
Last weekend Made and I went on a Robinson Crusoe adventure to visit some quieter less inhabited small islands off the south-west coast of Lombok. They are known as “The… [Continue Reading]
A tale of two ceremonies
Last week was a special Hindu ceremony day – Ćivaratri or Shevaratri – celebrated by Hindu people throughout Bali and in Lombok too. I had been told that it was… [Continue Reading]
Gili horse clinic
The other day I travelled to the next island, Gili Trawangan, where they were holding a horse clinic. In my opinion, the horses on Gili T, as it’s known, are… [Continue Reading]
Living in a muslim country
So I have spent much of this year on Gili Meno, which is a Muslim island, off the coast of Lombok, the Muslim mainland. Lombok is known by the locals… [Continue Reading]
Jalan jalan
Sharing my afternoon in Lombok – long post to read, should you choose to, at your leisure 🙂. Yesterday we went to play bingo – which is fun and culturally fascinating… [Continue Reading]