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| A Sasak Traditonal Village |
I'm just going to combine the fourth and last day in Mataram into this post. Much of the sightseeing was on the whole Saturday, before packing back for the inbound flight the next day. In that morning, Pak Ibrahim took us the southern region of Lombok island.
The oldest traditional weaving village of the Sasak people, was filled with traditional wooden huts. The Sade's village, a name given, located in Pujut shown pieces of the indigenous tribe ranging from the fine weaving cloth, woodcraft, as well as the architectural huts. We were welcomed by a musical ensemble performed.
We were guided by a local tour which was also one of the local resident. The half an hour tour gave us the living insight of these people. Getting inside the huts, it was a bit small with only two rooms and a kitchen. What made it really interesting was that floor made from clay cow dung. This is done to ward off the mosquitoes. :-P Nope, you won't get any shitty-stinky smell.
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| Learning the weaving technique is a must-do |
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| Wearing a traditional Sasak outfit |
On the left was the rice storage and a mosque on the right
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| A small room for newly-wed before they could built their own hut |
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| We bought some souvenirs and the traditional clothes |
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| A love tree, a romancing area of the Sasak couples |
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| Taking picture with the local tour guide |
We were further south to the Batu Payung, a unique rock ensemble an umbrella or a cobra's head, which we didn't took the pictures. One have to take a short-trip boat if wanted to take a background picture of that rock. We gave a passed, continued ahead to Bukit Merese that offered a spectacular view from the sea cliff. We rented two bikes
chauffeur to get us to the hill top. Then, we relaxed by the Tanjung Ann beach, 15 minutes drive from the hill.
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| An epic view from the cliff of Bukit Merese. (A panaromic viewed at the top of this post) |
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| He was so eager to swim, lucky we did bring along his swimming gear |
Back to central Lombok, we had a short stopped at the Banyumulek pottery village. We witnessed the process of pottery making and what amazed us was that the decorative made of the egg shells. We bought a water jar made of clay that kept the water cool.
The guy on right, sticking the egg shells onto the pottery
We had our Asr pray at the Islamic Center of Mataram. Opened to the public in 2013, it was among of the thousand mosques built in Lombok. In fact, the island is popular touted as
Pulau Seribu Masjid. The center has a 99-metres tower that can be accessed by lift until 5pm.
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| The center stand tall with escalators provided going to the top floor |
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| The architecture of this sculpture is blended with Lombok and Sumbawa character |
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| A big drum for prayer calling, was donated by a private organization |
It was our last meal, so we had a dinner at Sate Rembiga Lesehan, a special culinary of Lombok. While Lesehan is actually a culture of buying food or something while sitting on a mat. So, we had two set of sate rembiga that cost 25,000 rupiah each and a soup. Oh ya, the sate set comes with a plate of rice, as opposed to nasi himpit or ketupat.
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| A nice restaurant that provides plenty enclosed huts |
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| A variety of choices |
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| An obligatory shot.. :P (can you spot the juicy alpukat?) |
We reached to the end of this post. We flown back the next morning. Probably this could be the last foreign trip this year and hopefully I can start planning for next year trip. Hmm... where would be our next trip?
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