ATM, The Empty Machine in Nusa Lembongan

I got a bit tension in the beginning of the day.

The wave was a bit high that morning. I was scared if my snorkeling plan would be ruined by the weather. I went out from the place I stayed during there and asked the officer for payment process.

"Sorry Mam, cash only."

"You sure you cannot accept debet or credit card?"

"Sorry. Mam, you can take cash from ATM and come back again." So I was looking for one and only ATM in this island by motorcycle. Some souvenir seller yelled me, "WATCHOUT!" everytime the wave came to the edge of the road. Hahaha, that was fun.

Few minutes later I arrived to the ATM with the sign sticked on the door: We are sorry, ATM machine cannot be used now. Shit! I had no more cash!!!

And I was shock it was one and only ATM in Nusa Lembongan island, which also served Nusa Ceningan Island. That was so much different with Gili Trawangan which has ATM service from more than two banks.

I explained to the officer and he was so dissapointed and said,"They are silly! They prepare these islands for tourism and they provide only one machine. And they don't come to refill the cash on it. They put that machine only for display property!"

He asked me to go to money changer. They had EDC machine, so I paid my cash with debet transaction by that machine. And I got 5% charge for the transaction. Damn! It was my first time bought IDR by using debet card.

I paid him then I went to snorkeling spot. We started snorkeling around 1 pm and it was not best time to start it. First, because it's super hot in the afternoon. Second, the water is getting darker along with the sun ups to the west. Third, it made us in hurry since the boat had to arrive to the port before 3pm. The wave would lessened and it made the boat couldn't reach the beach. Better to start it around 10 in the morning, then you will have plenty of time to enjoy unlimited pleasure of underwater world.

I paid for 125K for 3 spots in the island. Baby, make sure you wear life jacket if it's your first time. I told you that because I got my first experience in Lembongan. Safety first! Anyway, I couldn't describe how was that under the sea. But Nusa Lembongan has super colorful fishes and corals with clear water that makes you feel comfortable when doing it.

I sat in the port before 4.30pm. No longer after that, the boat came. Small boat. The fast boat couldn't reach the beach. We were dropped to the fast boat after reaching hondreds meters from the beach. And I came back to main island, Bali. Couldn't be more happy to see ATM everywhere. :')