Wow Factor Enchants Artists and Fans                       Global Jam Fest on their Minds             INDONESIA’S top reggae musicians converged on Lombok’s party island of Gili Trawangan to treat thousands of fans to two consecutive nights of innovative and traditional music on March 22 and 23.     Jammin Island III attracted such popular and accomplished artists [...]

Lombok’s Got It All for Nyepi Refugees

Lombok’s Got It All for Nyepi Refugees Take it Easy or Party with Passion   AS TOURISTS and non-Hindu residents prepared to leave Bali for the island’s Hindu new year celebration of Nyepi, this year on 23 March, Lombok businesses were planning to welcome them with major festive events or simply with their usual high [...]

Rebirth planned for Historic Ampenan

Rebirth planned for Historic Ampenan Developer Tips  Mataram Boom    A PRESTIGIOUS mega project to build a harbour hotel and resort in the historic old port district of Ampenan is predicted to initiate a development boom in Mataram. Both the Mataram city council and the proposed developer, Jakarta-based diversified trading company PT Gunung Lawoe Mercu [...]

Society Heeds the Values of Wayang

Society Heeds the Values of Wayang Lombok’s First Puppets Appease Rebel Princes    FOR Lombok’s indigenous Sasak people, the tradition of Wayang puppetry provides philosophies for life as well as a dramatic spectacle. It is not widely known that the seaside village of Kuranji, about 15 kilometres south of Mataram city and below Mount Pengsong, [...]

First 4000 could be ‘Tip of the Iceberg’

First 4000 could be ‘Tip of the Iceberg’ Mission to Moscow fills Flights to New Airport                         LOMBOK gave its warmest welcome to the first 131 of 4000 long-stay Russian visitors scheduled to arrive at the island’s new international airport from November 2011 to May 2012. Arrival of the 131 tourists on a Nordwind Airlines [...]