In Reply to: One day, Bali to Lombok, is a waste of - posted by Filo on Monday, 8. September 2008 at 05:56 Bali Time:
you could easily waste your time and money. It is possible, but you just wouldn't see much to make it worthwhile. ONe of the biggest attractions of Lombok is the country-side - the roads are not fantastic (worse than Bali), so it takes quite a while to get anywhere. So unless you are planning just to fly over and see the capital of Mataram (which I wouldn't recommend as it is not unique and you may as well explore Denpasar if you are into that sort of thing), and perhaps Senggigi (which I also wouldn't recommend - it's a bunch of hotels on an eroded beach) then forget it.