Lombok’s great appeal is that it’s pretty much unspoiled with a traditional tribal culture that is remarkably intact.
There’s some incongruity here. My luxuriously appointed hotel suite, that steps out onto a tropical pool, is built in the style of the traditional village houses that I’ve seen just up the road. Like theirs, its roof is thatched.
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