Hi

I want to know if anyone had taken a ferry from Bali to Lombok before and how the the condition like?

hey Stimix,

If no1 replies us, you can wait for my reply. I'm going this 24. *GASP*
From googling it, it was from Padang Bai (Bali) to Lembar (Lombok), cost is 5500 rupiah. Duration says 4 hours but I check sometimes it may go up to 6 hours. And ferry leaves every 2 hours.

I just want to know who actually has the experience of doing so.

Oh Man Singh..You don't have to pour cold water on me (although I know you mean good).

I am supposed to go to hike Rinjani but just now I saw in the news

Seven Indonesian climbers die on Lombok volcano

JAKARTA, March 12 (Reuters) - Indonesian rescuers have found the bodies of seven students who died in bad weather while hiking on a volcano on Lombok island, an official said on Monday.

The seven had climbed Mount Rinjani despite a hiking ban since January because of storms and thick fog, said Arief Toengkagie, head of the Mount Rinjani National Park.

Toengkagie said the men, all students from a local university, died of exposure and hunger. Their bodies were found on Sunday and the men are thought to have died about five days ago.

"They had cooking utensils but ran out of food. It's very cold, stormy and foggy here," he told Reuters. Lombok is the next island east of Bali and is popular with foreign tourists.

He said the victims seemed to have been returning from the peak when they died and were found in the mid-section of the 3,726 metre (12,224 foot) volcano fairly close together.

The official said the students lived in university accommodation and had not informed relatives of their climb plans. Friends of the students eventually raised the alarm.

Mount Rinjani is one of Indonesia's highest peaks and it takes about eight hours to reach the top in normal weather.

I am thinking to cancel my trip to Lombok then...