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    Anyone doing business in Lombok? Would be great to hear how you manage, pro's & con's and your personal views etc. S'gotta be a few lombokers doing business lurking here? Please tell! :P

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    Amazing how few Lombokers we have here.. or at least how few that are willing to share info. regarding business. I've looked through previous posts at LL instead as i've seen a few posters there at least willing to share info.

    Anyone else intrested in prospects of investing in Lombok may get their answers through this link (if noone answers here.. :? ):

    http://groups.msn.com/LombokLovers/general.msnw

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    Hej Tommy,
    I'm Swedish like you and have been living in Lombok part time for the last 11 yrs. It's not possible for me to give any business advice, as we'rnt running one, but if your interested you can email me in Swedish and I can give you heaps of other Lombok info. rambutmerrah@yahoo.com
    Anita

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    I am a Lombok member but unfortunately only get to spend much time on this forum when I return to UK.

    I have a small business in Lombok but wont go into details now as your post dats back almost a year!
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    Tommy writes,

    “Amazing how few Lombokers we have here..”
    Amazing to you Tommy, but not at all amazing to me. In fact, there are very few Bali expats that contribute regularly to this forum, and indigenous Balinese, even less, so it should be no surprise that Lombak is seldom heard.

    Aside from Gemma, and maybe one or two other posters who are “in the know” re Lombok, the best you will read here, or on other forums, is tourist related information.

    The fact is, the long term “smart money” in these parts is concentrated on Lombok. I stress “long term” as the emergence of Lombok as a serious player in SE Asia tourism is still at least ten years out, but once it really hits, it could very conceivably put the lights out, or at least dim them, in Bali.

    I personally have serious doubts that the new international airport in Lombok will ever see a plane land as I doubt the airport as touted will ever be built. If I am wrong, then everything changes, and changes radically and quickly.

    Kuta Lombok is one of the most beautiful places on earth. Gemma was most astute to carve out her place in this area before all the major 5 star hotel chains grabbed up their 3 or so hectares.

    It takes great courage and insight to think this far ahead of what is most likely to come. If I were young, without a wife and three kids, and coming to this area once again, I’d be giving a very serious look at Lombok...sister of Bali.

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    Roy wrote:
    If I were young, without a wife and three kids, and coming to this area once again, I’d be giving a very serious look at Lombok...sister of Bali.
    Hmmmm? Do you mean you'd chose Lombok over Bali to live and settle down there (I don't think you would as your passion & love for Balinese culture & people is very obvious from many of your posts) or purely looking at Lombok from an investor's perspective (buying land)?

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    Yes, I can see myself choosing Lombok over Bali if I could “do it” all over again. My life now in Bali has everything to do with the choices I made many years ago, and I have absolutely not the slightest regret about those decisions I made long ago,

    If today I were in my twenties or thirties, single, and looking for a place in Indonesia to call home, I would give Lombok a very serious and long look.

    And, as an aside, there are lots of Balinese in Lombok too.

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    Hi Roy,
    Have never had the chance to visit Lombok but maybe in 2007 we may have the chance from Surabaya or Jakarta.....does Lombok represent Bali to you as "it was many years ago" or does it hold greater opportunities for future investment?
    Merry Christmas to you and your family (still Xmas day here) and wish you all your very "Best New Year".
    Best regards,
    Tim

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    Many people say Lombok is like Bali was many years ago. But that is in terms of development. The island is quite different from Bali in terms of culture.

    9 years ago people were telling me "In 10 years Kuta Lombok will be lik Kuta Bali" I am happy to say that hasnt happened yet & I dont think it will in my lifetime :)
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    Mimpimanis,
    I hope Kuta Lombok never goes the way of Kuta Bali but as Roy stated,
    as soon as the five star hotels go up it probably will.
    In what way are the cultures different can you tell me?
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