The Honeymoon: What we do and how we do it *wink*

Kelapa Villa’s Gili Trawangan Lombok.

Just get back to the reality and start breathing as ordinary human being J hehe, well, as any other newly-wed couple who just escaped for the honeymoon. Well, so did we!

Right after the akad nikah on Jan 11^th 2013, and the wedding ceremony on 12^th Jan 2013 (psst.. I will do the vendor review shortly ya guys), then on Jnauary 14^th 2013 then we go to Lombok. Why Lombok? As simple as the Sucofindo give honeymoon package as a “gift”, and it is a choice between Bali or Lombok. Bali? Hmm, that’s waaaay to ordinary and Lombok looks so tempting J

After exploring here and there, we decided to do honeymoon at the Gilis J the Gili’s consists of 3 islands on the north west of Lombok island, just 10 minutes fast-boat voyage sailing, wohooo!

Unfortunately, the honeymoon compliments from Sucofindo doesn’t cover the Gili’s, only at Lombok island. Maka aku dan si mas memutuskan untuk minta cash back aja yang kalau dihitung jumlahnya around 3 mio (2 juta tiket PP untuk 2 orang) dan paket menginap 2 malam senilai 500k.

Nah, akhirnya hotel cari sendiri. Langsung browsinglah yaaa.. The criteria for our honeymoon venue should be:

• 1. Super romantic :D
• 2. Kalau bisa harus ada honeymoon package #superngiritmode: on
• 3. Private pool (ehm..) atau bath tub (ehm ehm..)
• 4. Private/separated from the main building, so ordinary hotel might not be a choice J
• 5. Last but not least: C-H-E-A-P

Hahaha, tak disangka tak dinyana; ternyata ada loh ya tempat kayak gitu J Afters reaching for several alternatives, then we found a venue named: Kelapa Villas. (Please see their website: "kelapa villas")

This place offer package for honeymoon consist of this:

• 1. 1x Romantic Dinner, including wine (but we don’t take the wine though, instead we have very nice es kelapa muda J)
• 2. 1 x Private snorkeling trip to the 3 gili’s including the equipments
• 3. 1x Massages treatment (Couple) for 1 hour
• 4. Pick up from the airport to the harbor with private car à from Lombok harbor to the Gili’s via private speed boat à And Cidomo (traditional horse cart) from the Gili’s harbor to the villas; two-way return

These include facility like: fresh wate (because mostly at the Gili’s water provided adalah air payau atau air proses-an. Tapi air yang disinid iimpor khusus dari Lombok lohhh..), Cable tv with DVD player (and the movie), super comfy living room, spacious kitchen and dining room , full cooking utensil (microwave, etc. Even BBQ dinner can be requested on demand), bicycle, open-air bathroom (this is so cool..!), private pool (wohoo), and I like the whole bath-equipment that’s all made by coconut-based. We got complimentary welcome drink, flower arrangement at the room, the welcoming fruit, and also cool bath robe and breakfast every morning, A/C is a must-lah ya…).

We have this package for 4 days and 3 nights for only... jeng jeng jeng.... 6,5 mio IDR.

During the stay the overall experience is:

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The management is very friendly and open-hearted, warmth and attentive. We kept in touch with Ernest (the marketing) and Marga (the operational/managers in duty), and he even deliver the menu by himself. He called us regular to ensure everything’s set and even give us a lot of candles to shoo the fly (yes, in this season if we left the desk with some foods remins, it invites flies)

Take a look closer to our rooms during the stay J

What did we do?

Hmm, besides honeymoon-ing (ya iyalah ya…) J this is our agenda for 4 days and 3 nights:

Day 1:

Depart from Jakarta at 9am and arrive at Lombok around 11. Being picked up by pak Hairun, he pick us up and we stopped by a very good and beautiful restaurant to eat ayam taliwang and pelecing kangkung J incredible nice, cant complain due to cheap price and nice view J kita lunchy dipinggir pantai gitu loooh), ada pasir dan deburan ombak, ihiiiy).

We arrive at the harbor around 1pm (kelamaan di makan siang), dan naik private spped boat, wohooo! Only for 15 minutes (normally 10 minutes padahal), soalnya gelombang agak besar (we just knew that Jakarta’s is starting to rain..) and then being picked up by cidomo J

FYI, di Gili ini gak ada kendaraan bermotor, jadi cara untuk berpelesir ria adalah dengan sepeda, atau cidomo (semacam sado/andong/delman/dokar, named it lah… kalau di Gili namanya cidomo) khusus ke kelapa Villas. FYI, kelapa ini letaknya agak special karena 900m dari bibir pantai J I don’t mind having this since I need privacy J not to mention that I will get bike to go around for free juga…

Sampai di kelapa villa’s…. langsung gak nyesel. This is I believe, the place in the whole Gili Trawangan. This is absolutely one of a kind. Super exclusive and look so expensive. Super Duper Elegant and… Romantic J

We arrived and Marga + Ernest welcomed us. So warm! We create the agenda for the day and spend the whole afternoon to enjoy the whole facilities. Private pools, and all, it looks so tempting so we spend the day, literally at the Villa’s.

When the evening comes, and the stomach screamed loudly, based on tripadvisor, we were advised to have dinner at Pasar seni. It’s only there at the nights and it provides traditional foods (and the barbeque’s menu: grilled fish, fresh seafood, with super awesome spices & herbs).

With red snapper, prawn and squid (it’s all jumbo-sized), we only spend 100k for 2, and we take away half of the foods (rupanya kita laper mata aja, haha). So it’s eligible for 2x dine time. Super cheap and totally worth it J so happy!

Day 2:

Hmm, after spending the whole morning with eating breakfast, leyeh-leyeh, main-main lucu dan berenang, segala macem, we spend the day with going around the island. Berbekal sepeda, sunblock, dan aqua 1,5 litre, sambil naiks peda kita keliling pulau, mengitari seluruh cincinnya J I will share the picture below, super pretty places:

At the night, aku dandan sedikit lebih cantik, karena we are going to have a romantic candlelight dinner session with my hubby (for the first time) J wohooo.. this is super special and totally awesome. Damn! Take a look at the menu that has been suggested to us:

Appetizer:

1. Chopped chicken pie with some herbs and sweet chilli sauce

2. Thailand seafood salad with sour sauces (it consist hell a lot of prawn and squid, fresh!!)

Main course:

Fried seafood with garlic sauce and onion à it looks upper pretty!

Dessert:

1. Banana spring roll with caramel sauce & ice cream

2. Fried apple with choco sauce & vanilla’s ice cream

Me likey!!!! No complain for the dinner, it looks extravagant, so I think price that I’m going to pay is so worth it!

Day 3:

This is a challenging day!

Started with breakfast, we woke up pretty early to have snorkeling trip J the boat provided for us is very spacious, yet, it’s only us who will be on it. I feel like a princess J hohohoho..

After choosing the right size for the googles and the kaki katak (englishnya apa yaa..), we start sailing the boat and having super quic snorkeling trip session (this is the first time for si Mas, 3^rd time for me, so we are cupu :P).

The trip begins at 9 and ends at 3pm dan memakan korban berupa si mas yang bergelimpangan setelah memaksakan diri ber-snorkel ria dan mengakibatkan beliau tumbang karena si mas Gantengku itu tidak enak badan dan gelombang laut yang tidak bersahabat.

Overall, it’s super pretty! We met about 4 times with penyu, aneka ria warna ikan, aneka ria karang-karang (I like the blue one), bertemu manta fish, star fish, some pretty clamp, and it’s all…..a nice journey J I love it, cant complain again. My skin is burned and darker darkerrr J

Some photos:

Ini yang namanya glass-bottom boat

 

We don’t have underwater camera, darn!

Karena si mas ga enak badan, passs banget, saatnya massage!!! J 1 hour massage treatment redeems allllll the fatigue. We went sleep in a smiley faces. Foto massage-nya ga usah di pajang ya.. maluuuu… terlalu sensual bok! :P

Day 4

Checking out time!

We are asked to be picked up at 10, having the same journey with cidomo and fast boat then picked up (again) by pak Hairun. We have short travel time to Pearl shop near by the beach. My eyes are opened to see that jewellery named Pearl could super beautiful and super…….expensive J

Aku naksir setengah mati dengan a pendant, Mutiara air laut, bentuknya lonjong with “drop” shapped and little diamond and silver chain. It cost….. 8 mio aja loh. Tapi it’s so pretty. It’s so so so pretty! Not talking about it so much I think si mas ngeh deh kalau aku senaksir itu sama si Pearl. Apa daya, duit aja belum sempet buat beli setrika… yuk mare pulanggg..

Pak Hairun akan mengantarkan kita jalan-jalan around Lombok dulu before departing via bandara Praya Lombok (new international airport at Lombok, sebelumnya di Mataram, sekarang di Lombok Tengah. It’s pretty far from the city centre though).

Aku pussssiiiing sekali seharian itu, nggak enak badan buangett… jadi aku ditiduran aja dipangku si Mas sepanjang jalan, not realizing where we go. Suddenly we stopped at a small pearl shop J yay! Aku beliin oleh-oleh buat mama, buat temen baikku, sama a bracelet and earrings for me J si mas beli buat Ibu dan… buatku J a similar pearl pendant (Mutiara air laut juga, bentuknya sama persisssss, Cuma sedikit lebih kecil aja… Tiba-tiba jadi pengen nangis ya Tuhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.. Suamiku super baik sekali! Ah…  I’m touched…

Please refer to this model, but mine's is sparkling white :)

Sempet beli oleh-oleh jelly, dodol, dan manisan khas ombok dari rumput laut juga.. trus cari makan siang J pak hairun ini emang jago cari tempat makan. He dropped us di rumah makan yang terlihat simple bernama RM. Murah meriah. Tempatnya makanan yang kayak warteg gitu, jadi dipajang makanannya. Aku sama dim as pilih belut, babat, keong :P sama sayur bening, minum jus buah naga campur lemon.

DUDE!!! The food is super HOT!!! But super TASTY!!!! Damn, I love this place and the fruit juice yang dimodif sama si mas is….. TOTALLY MAGNIFICENT!!! Cant say anything, cant ask for more..

Damn, I love Lombok, I love my Mas. I don’t want to tell story about the rest of the journey, I just want to close it by saying…. I hope I know thw awesomeness of being married earlier. Tau gitu, dari dulu J hahaha.. yang jelas, I love my husband. I do J