Nusa Lembongan is a small island in the channel between Bali and Lombok, we arrived here two days ago and picked up a mooring belonging to a fisherman - no charge. This is another touristy place with huge floating platforms covered in water slides and cafe's for the big motor cats coming out of bali to moor up to during the day. The town along the waterfront doesn't appear to be too affected by the tourists except for the scattering of restaurants and quite fancy hotels. Everything here seems to focused on water sports and the guys were very happy to find three good surf brakes in paddling distance of the boats! Jimmy rented a long board for US$7 a day and every evening and morning along with Gunnar and Jasper head out to catch the high tide break. I've been really tempted to try but all the breaks are on shallow reef so I guess I'll keep watching for now!
The island is mostly populated by Hindu's so there are beautiful temples throughout the town and flowered offerings line the ground of the streets. The people as always are extremely friendly and on the whole it's a very relaxing little spot. Tomorrow we plan to head to Benoa Harbour on the south of Bali, just 15 miles away, to try and organize getting Blue Moon into the marina for a week or two in the hope of heading in land to explore for a few days!
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