The second part of our trip to Lombok was in Mount Rinjani and Gili Air (one of the three island called Gili Air, Meno and Trawangan).
From Senggigi we took a tour to do Rinjani's trek.
We went by car to Senaru village (the village wich is on the foot of Rinjani volcano). We paid 1 million rupias each person for the trip 2 days 1 night until the rim (the antiq crater).
Rinjani is an active volcano situated in the north-east of Lombok island. It is 3.126 metres above the sea level and it is the second highest volcano in Indonesia. It has two craters, one, the old one called crater Rim and inside it has a lake and the new volcano formed by many eruptions called Mount Baru ("baru" means new in bahasa indonesia).
We did not have many days free, so we decided to do the 2 days 1 night trekking and it was enought to enjoy those views! They were amazing!


During the trek, we stopped many times to rest a bit and to eat lunch. Our porters cooked mie goreng (fried nodles) and it was delicious!
The way, in the beginning was a bit hard because of the sun (we started at 9am and at that time the sun is very strong!) but after a few hours was better (always going up and up..) but it was nicer, full of trees, plants, also some monkeys "pising" from the trees (yes, one of them tried to pis on me!).
The last two hours were really difficult going up... I think, to get the top in every volcano, it is difficult because of the sand and the small stones everywhere what make you slide off all the time!

We spent 8-9 hours to get the top. I arrived 30 minutes before my sister and Andy, so I could relax and I could enjoy of the view of them, small as an ants, going up!
The porters put our camp 100 hundred meters under the top (to be safe of the wind during the night) and there, we could enjoy of a beautiful sunset!
During the way down, we found some monkeys in the middle of the path, looking for food. One of them was a bit angry with us, but our guide knew how to solve the problem: "do not smile, if he see your teeth he will think you are challenging him!" And after that, the guide did something like: "Yes, I'm bigger than you. I'm the boss!". And the monkey went away! They had a very beautiful glance!
After that amazing trip full of challenges and some issues with the company, we went to the harbour to take the boat to Gili Air!
Gili Air was a small paradise! There are not cars, or motorbikes... only horse's carts and bicycles. We stayed in one very nice hotel near the beach, wich has the restaurant on the beach! We could order a beer and drink it on the beach!
The last day in Gili Air we took a snorkeling packet and we went to Gili Meno, where we decided to stay.
Gili Meno is more quiet island, with less people, also smaller and with amazing beaches as well. In Gili Meno we met with one girl from our village who was doing voluntary in Gili Meno Eco Hostel!
The day after, this amazing trip in Lombok finished for me. I took the fast boat to Bali (400.000 rup) because the next morning I had my flight to come back to Jogjakarta. So, I spent the night in Bali's Airport.
My sister and Andy stayed two days more in Gili Meno (where they got engaged!) and after that they continued enjoying their trip in Bali!
It was an amazing trip!
Terimakasih, Silvia and Andy!!