Feeling refresh after taking 4 days off from my work desk. It has been more than a year since I last boarded a plane. It was because I was pregnant and not fit to fly.

Our Lombok trip was a planned one and tix were bought end of last year during the Air Asia sale. We wanted to go for an all girls short trip. Away from the husband and baby. Turned out it was hard to leave #babyjedi behind. Lain kali kena tag along la.

So we flew with Air Asia on an afternoon flight 3.40pm and it took us 3 hours to arrive Lombok International Airport. The airport was relatively small so you don't have much things to do to kill time. Since we arrive at night, we can't see how Lombok looked like.

We headed straight to our homestay by a shuttle bus with reasonable price, Damri shuttle. The bus service is available from Bandara Internasional Lombok to service passengers wishing to travel to and from either Mataram or Senggigi. The 8 DAMRI buses serving the route have a capacity of approximately 40 passengers, 10 further buses with a 20 passenger are expected to complement the fleet but have not been delivered. They are new air-conditioned buses and are white in colour.

DAMRI services depart from their office located in eastern Mataram on Jl. Tuan Guru Faisal (a three minute taxi ride from the Mandalinka Bus Station) every hour and proceed to the airport, commencing at 04:00 with the last bus leaving that terminal at 19:00.

The fare from/to the Mataram is fixed at Rp 25,000 per person which is equivalent to RM7.90

DAMRI services are also provided to connect Senggigi to the airport departing Senggigi from 03:00 and then every 1.5 hr until the last departure from Senggigi at 20:00. Some airport buses may provide services between Mandelika and Senggigi. In the last couple of months these services have not been accurately following the published schedules, ensure you leave plenty of buffer time if catching a departing flight.