Indonesia- day 14

Day 14 Sun 9/9
Our last banana pancake breakfast was delicious. We got a boat to Lombok Island and went the town of Senggigi, where we found a room for $10 a night. The toilet was not built to flush, but there is a pale of water and they say to pour about half a bucket into the toilet to wash it down. I try to hold it. The bathroom has a lingering stench that's not going anywhere, no matter how much water is poured down. Senggigi looks like it was built for tourists and their are still locals selling stuff on the street and tourist restaurants, but hardly any tourists in the town at all. We went to the local's beach and watched all the kids play in the ocean fully clothed. Most of the beach is gorgeous like Gili, but some of it looks a dumpster, with a thick trash lining. I hate littering. We spent the afternoon in the spa and got a whole five hour spa package for about $17 that included a massage, body scrub, facial, manicure, and pedicure. It was delightful. For dinner we went to Young Cafe and pulled our table together with some other backpackers from Germany, Tennessee, Canada, Oregon, Switzerland, and France. It was a lot of fun and interesting hearing everyone else's travel stories. Everyone was raving about climbing Mount Rinjani, apparently the thing to do in Lombok. At 9:00 pm, and after a Bintang or two, we decide we are doing it and Maggie runs out of the restaurant to book it. We were pushed for time before we had to leave to go back to Bali, so our only option is leaving Monday morning at 5 am for the two day/one night trek. Clearly it was about as last minute as it gets, so bargaining the price of the excursion was not much of an option. We were doing it.