We left Senggigi yesterday for an eventful bus journey to the port on Lombok. The first incident was when the bus hit some overhead power lines which were hanging too low and tore the whole line off. We stopped and the driver had some discussions with local villagers who must have sorted out what to do before we continued. Our next unscheduled stop was on one of the many steep hills on the coastal road where the bus engine overheated, we stopped for some emergency repairs and carried on for a bit till it broke down again, finally it was fixed and we rolled into the town near the port.
Our next transport was a horse and cart vehicle called a cidomo which took us to the port, we felt sorry for the poor horse pulling us and all our luggage.
From the port we took a boat for the short crossing to Gili Meno, one of the three Gili islands, small coral fringed islands with beautiful beaches.
Everybody is still struggling after the volcano trek hobbling around with very painful legs which is funny to see.
This website tells you about the islands whose main trade used to be coconuts but now tourism is the main source of income though they are still fairly undeveloped:
http://wikitravel.org/en/Gili_Islands
