Sunday, December 4, 2011

Lombok Day 1 (Friday)

We all woke up at around 8 or 9. I was so hungry. So we went to the restaurant to eat our breakfast. I ate yoghurt with fruits, a waffle, scrambled egg, and some bread. That was so much food! I usually barely eat breakfast at all. But that at least rescued me from having to eat any lunch.

We mainly stayed in the the hotel. My mom really wanted to buy some pearls. She knew a guy who had good pearls, so we all went to his shop. The pearls were interesting. At one of the shops, was his daughter (i believe). Everybody wanted to take pictures of me and the small girl. After that there were some ladies with babies who wanted to take pictures of me with them. I got slightly fed up by all of those pictures.

My mom bought some pearls, and we then got to go. At the ATM, I really wanted to press the buttons, so my mom and I cramped into the little ATM room together, while my dad bought some pocari for his bike trip the next day. We ate in this restaurant that I don't know the name of. The food was good and filling, really filling.

Back in our villa, we had to go swimming, because the pool was so nice. I thought the water was very cold, but I didn't seem to mind that much in the end.

5 comments:

mhughes said...

Emma, I'm puzzled about you mom buying pearls. Weren't you just in Broome, one of the most important pearl producers in the world?

Help me get it.

mjh

Anonymous said...

Ah.
My mom designs pearl necklaces and then sells them among family and stuff

She usually buys the strings with only pearls.
Not the whole necklace.
The ones in Broome wer really expensive.
The reason we went was, because my mom was more interested in the pearl farm producing thing itself.

- Emma

Anonymous said...

Hi Emma. I like your blog, especially the background. I wish I went to half the places you went. Hope you had lods of fun!

Maria

Anonymous said...

You're just jealous, Maria

But then, my parents have to work a lot for that stuff to happen.

- Emma

mhughes said...

Emma, I understand how your mother was interested in the pearling process in Broome. I certainly would be. Yes, then once you have the knowledge, purchasing cheaper pearls for family and friends makes great sense.

I enjoyed seeing Maria comment. I certainly will answer her posts if she gets with it again. Tell her if you see her, ok?

Keep writing.

mjh