Lombok on Bucket List for Digital Nomads
By The Spot
Compared to its sister island Bali, Lombok is also an affordable location for nomads to settle in. it isn’t as crowded as Bali and the natural wonders there are mostly untouched and in pristine condition. The internet speed is also good and attractions around the island are mostly free of charge or would not cost more than $1 to enter specific beaches, there is a huge community of expat and digital nomads alike in Kuta and Senggigi as well as cute co-working spaces you can explore.
Lombok is also home to the new MotoGP course, so you can look forward to watching the next race in a beach!
Estimated budget per month: US$800
Full article on : 12 Bucket List Countries for Digital Nomads – JoinMyTrip Blog
Soon re-opening
After 23 months of being closed, we are no getting ready to re-open again. At the moment we are doing the giant cleanup and also some small renovations and improvements.
SAME SAME Hangout
Our bar will open foodless for the first few weeks/months, depending on supply and demand. Have you been eating at SAME SAME Hangout before and you want to enjoy one of our specialty dishes? Please do send us a message and we will prepare the dish for you!
SAME SAME Bungalows
Our bungalows will be open by 1st of august. Set in the back of our garden, you will be able to enjoy a good night in our bungalows of luxury tents ! Because we want our ecological footprint to be as small as possible, the bathroom is shared.
For 8 people, there is 2 toilets and 2 hot showers. This should be plenty !
In addition to this, we also found that there is a need for a few new things.
SAME SAME Bungalows part 2
Two of our Bamboo bungalows will be in a private part of the garden. In addition to two bungalows, there will also be a living and bathroom area. So you will be able to enjoy our bungalows in your own tropical garden!
- 2 Bamboo Bungalows
- Private bathroom / toilet
- Kitchen
- Dining area
- Sofa with TV
SAME SAME House
As at the moment, we are not able to be in Lombok full time, we also decided to do some renovations on our house, after those are completed, we will be renting our house also. Trust me, you will love it !
SAME SAME Co-working
Set behind the door of our reception, we are also preparing a co-working space with AC and desks. You will be able to work in all comfort and this area will be accessible 24/7 when you have a weekly or monthly membership!
Needless to say that we are making sure that the internet will be excellent.
We hope to welcome you very soon !
Digital Nomads, Welcome to Lombok
Lombok Island; Lush and green, surrounded by oceans, covered in jungles. Temples, rice terraces, white and moon sand beaches, waterfalls, and volcanoes.
No wonder people love it here.
In the 1970s, it was the hippies and surfers that discovered Bali. These days, while Australian still choose Bali over Lombok, European travelers start to favor Lombok.
With this, another group of people has discovered Lombok: digital nomads.
Remote freelancers, entrepreneurs and employees flock here to such an extent that Lombok is growing in popularity on the Nomad List – not just in Asia, but the whole world.
Let’s take a look, shall we?
It’s Beautiful
The first word that comes to mind when describing Bali is “green.” From jungles to rice fields, Lombok is a collection of “shades of green”, the most restful color for the human eye. Even if you’re on the island to work, all this green is like a vacation for your senses and mind.
And of course, green goes well with the almost perpetual sunshine, Volcanic hillsides,… and deep blue oceans.
No matter what time of year you go to Lombok, the warmest clothes you’ll ever need in coastal areas is a light sweater during the “cold” months between May and October.
It’s Always Warm
No matter what time of year you go to Bali, the warmest clothes you’ll ever need in coastal areas is a light sweater during the “cold” months between May and October. This is the dry season in Lombok, and temperatures at night can drop down to 21°C.
While average temperature highs range from 26 – 30°C during the entire year, the dry season is the most comfortable time of year to visit Lombok, because the humidity is at its lowest. During the rainy season from November to March, even the coastal areas swelter beneath a muggy blanket.
But if you need to cool off, you can always head into the mountainous inland areas. Here, temperatures can drop to 10°C at night – and if you’re remote enough and it’s a cloudless night, the Milky Way is spectacular.
All in all, though, you don’t need to worry about being cold in Lombok.
It’s Exciting
There’s no end of excitement and adventure to be had in Lombok. You can
- hike up a volcano,
- take a day trip to a remote lake,
- go jungle trekking,
- bathe in waterfalls,
- stroll through rice fields,
- dance the night away on the beach,
- enjoy water sports like scuba diving, snorkeling and surfing,
- experience Sasak culture up close,
- do yoga in open-air shalas,
- go white-water rafting
- take a trip to one of the smaller islands,
- bask in dazzling sunsets on beautiful beaches,
- marvel at rice fields from infinity pools, and
- delight in sea views from hilltops.
Even if you stay for a long time, Lombok never gets boring. There are always new places to explore, new adventures to be had.
And to top this all of, SAME SAME will be opening a brand new co-working space in Kuta Lombok. You can work at your own pace and time. Our co-working space will be accessible 24/7 for members.
Click here for more information on coworking in Lombok
Work from Lombok, it is the new working remotely from Bali, government says.
With the government keen to get the Work From Bali initiative rolling, we are already hearing about possibilities that the program may later be replicated in other popular tourist areas in Indonesia — including Lombok and Sumbawa in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB). — as part of an effort to revive the country’s tourism industry.
The possibility is a “breath of fresh air” for NTB officials amid the COVID-19 pandemic, who plan on following Bali’s lead in prepping the region to better comply with health protocols and by vaccinating tourism workers.
“It doesn’t rule out the possibility that other tourist regions will see the same policy implemented, such as Work From Lombok or Work From Labuan Bajo,” Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno said.
Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno said at a press briefing this week that the plan to promote remote work from Indonesia’s popular tourist destinations is still currently focused on Bali. As the initiative may require participation of civil servants from seven ministries under the Coordinating Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Investment, Sandiaga said that details are still being ironed out among those involved.
For the time being, officials are targeting the involvement of about a quarter of civil servants working in those ministries, which would essentially guarantee higher occupancy rates for hotels in the Nusa Dua complex at least, with whom the government has already signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the Work From Bali program.
For reliable fast wifi, available at same same in Kuta Lombok
Published on https://coconuts.co/bali/news/work-from-lombok-is-the-new-work-from-bali-government-hopes/
The History of coworking space
The choice to open a coworking space in Lombok was an obvious and easy one. At SAME SAME, we have proud ourselves with having the best and most reliable internet on the island of Lombok. When during the pandemic, we saw a change in how people work and travel, we decided to transform one of our spaces into a co-working space.
Before opening our coworking space, we did our due diligence. The history of coworking space is part of this. Since it was interesting, we decided to post it on our website.
1995 – the first “coworking” space was actually founded by hackers in Berlin. The idea was to share thoughts, space and information to complete tasks to those who joined the membership. Presently, they have added seminars, classes and a variety of social events, helping with the trend to open up more community spaces. There are hackerspaces in San Francisco, Santa Clara and Brooklyn and they keep growing.
1995 – The word “coworking” was first used by Bernard DeKoven, who described it as “working together as equals.” Individuals who are self-employed or working for different employers but , can share ideas with tools and coordinated meetings through a computer network. A space opened up in New York that same year by a software company with a flexible desk setting.
2002 – The first coworking space opened up in Schraubenfabrik, Vienna, in an old renovated factory, which began as a community center for enterprises. It expanded to include freelancers and other professionals working with cell phones and laptops. The spaces continued to grow and function under the name of Konnex Communities in 2004 – the commencement to the local network of coworking spaces.
2005 – San Francisco hosts the first coworking space in August by Brad Neuberg – he believed that home offices and business centers were unsocial and unproductive. The space offered desks, free wifi, shared lunches, bike tours, meditation and massages closing at 5:45 PM sharp. It closed after a year and replaced in 2006 under the name of the Hat Factory. London opened up 40 coworking spaces by a franchise network on five different continents. In Germany, St. Oberholz opened up its first cafes in Berlin and offered free internet. Presently, St. Oberholz offers a true coworking space above its cafe.
2006 – Coworking Wiki space opens up in San Francisco. Chris Messina, who created the Twitter hashtag, is one of the co-founders. The first full-time coworking space opens at the Hat Factory. Co-founders are Brad Neuber, Chris Messina and Tara Hunt. At this time, it was one out of about 30 coworking spaces throughout the world. Jellies opened where groups can exchange ideas in a relaxed atmosphere, without a commitment – the community can later develop into a coworking space if they wish.
2007 – The first time the word “coworking” is seen on Google’s database. The searches have increased tremendously. The term coworking has become a megamedia name. “Coworking” got into the English version of Wikipedia.
2008/2009 – Unofficial coworking meet-ups happen and planned the first Coworking conference in Brussels in 2010. In August, the Coworking Visa is cultivated- allowing members of various coworking spaces to visit other spaces for free. Cubes & Crayons was the first coworking space to open alongside the facilities for children a few months old to preschoolers. At year’s end in 2008, there were approximately 160 coworking spaces worldwide.
2009 – Germany opens Betahaus, the first official coworking space and was noted in the largest new magazine, the Spiegel. In 2010, Germany is known to be the first country in Europe to use the term “coworking”, pursuant to Google trends.
2010 – The first #CoworkingDay was celebrated by the movement. The first European coworking conference took place in Brussels. At this time, there were at least 600 coworking spaces worldwide, with more than half located in North America.
2011 – The first “Coworking Unconference” was located in Austin, Texas. Angel funding starts for a network of spaces. Large companies began to explore the coworking idea and opened their own chain of coworking spaces specializing in corporate coworking.
2012 – Coworking spaces worldwide adds up to more than 2,000 established. Media outlets such as twitter have a huge increase of tweets (over 50%) with hashtag “coworking” – more than the prior year.
2013 – As many as 100,000 members worked at a coworking space at the beginning of the year. Mid-year, the 3,000th coworking space is founded. Most of the coworking spaces run independent of networks. In an Ontario coworking space, they offered the first health insurance plan.
2015 – The New York Times writes about a new idea that sees coworking mixing with the home office at a resort or hotel. The story is, “Co-Working on Vacation: A Desk in Paradise”. The main idea of the story is combining coworking and coliving on Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands – a surfing destination. The Surf Office was born, originally opened two years earlier as an experiment, making it a place attractive to freelancers, surfers and travelers.
2016 – Coworking and coliving idea broadened. WeWork offered residential coliving in New York City, named WeLive. The units are mostly studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom – all have a private kitchen and at least one private bathroom. They are typically furnished, decorated and set up with cable, also internet move-in ready. They also have a community manager to plan events, etc. New York and California Campus coliving closes its 34 locations.
2017 – WeWork raises funding and becomes the most highly valued US private tech companies and its company is Uber and AirBnB. Valued at $20 Billion. 1.2 million people worldwide would have worked at a coworking space.
2018– As of 2018, the market has a variety of huge players that are giving WeWork a run for its money. Coworking franchises such as Impact hub, Venture X, and Serendipity are expanding throughout the space.
2019 – WeWork had an unsuccessful IPO attempt with SoftBank causing WeWork’s valuation to drop from 49 billion to 8 billion allowing SoftBank to seize control of the company and fire its management team.
2019-2020 New coworking platforms are rising to the scene to filll the void between coworking software, spaces, and remote workers.
2022 – SAME SAME in Lombok is opening their first coworkingspace
See you soon !
Fast wifi in kuta lombok
When I was traveling 10 years ago, internet was a luxury. Nowadays, internet is everywhere. Well, this is actually only the case if you are okay with having a 56k like connection.
The truth is when traveling in Asia – or anywhere else -, especially Parediseey places, having a good internet connection in paradise is also a luxury.
4G and soon 5G is a great help, it’s awesome ! However,this mobile connection is pretty unreliable and can be easily disrupted by rain, wind and concrete housing 😀
At SAME SAME, I made the choice of providing to all visitors and guests, the best possible Fast WiFi in Lombok. Was I successful in the setup?
Yes Yes and Yes
We have several modem setups, that either work as primary or secondary internet connection. All connected to a load balancing router and business grade access points. I will spare you the further details of the setup.
The result is that at SAME SAME we do have the fastest WiFi in Lombok. It’s actually triple the speed then the highest single fiber connection that you can get in Lombok.
349 Mbps on average, in Paradise, not bad, right !
The speeds are limited per device to ensure everyone get’s their fair share. So you will receive 7 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload speeds. To slow you say, well if that speed would have to be shared among multiple people and devices, hell yeah, then it is to slow.
10 Mbps download and 2 Mbps upload is the speeds on most modems in Lombok.
THOSE SPEEDS HAVE TO BE SHARED WITH EVERYONE CONNECTED TO IT !
You are always welcome to pass by and try to slow the internet down… But I did run a speed test with 10 devices downloading and uploading 10 Gigabyte of data… And all had 6.4 Mbps down and 3.8 upload.
So, fast WiFi in Kuta Lombok? Reality at SAME SAME.
Update July 2022
We are working on our own co-working space in Kuta Lombok. As of August 2022, you will be able to go in our cowork space whenever you want to start working. Members will have 24/7 access to the desk and meeting area. Remote workers and digital nomads are of course still welcomed to hangout in our bar even without membership!
Check here for more information about our co-working space !
Digital Nomad Café in Kuta Lombok: Get work done / Enjoy relaxed vibes
Our digital nomad cafe is a place where many people from different nationalities feel at home immediately. As with our accommodation, Bungalows, I designed it like a place that I would love to visit on my travels. There is always a friendly vibe. Some nice tunes on the background. Great seating to work and to relax.
Of course, being from Belgium… I love FOOD, good home cooked meals, according grandma’s recipe. That is probably also the reason that our restaurant menu is slightly different then anywhere in ( Kuta ) Lombok.
Our concept is to be unique, relaxed, friendly and natural.
We used all sustainable and natural materials and relaxing colors. This gives the perfect blend with the surrounding garden.
Of course with the growing need to be online, we made sure that we have THE best WiFi in Lombok. You will find that you get things done online with easy, that you will come back.
Different things to do in Kuta Lombok
Who doesn’t enjoy a nice board game with some family and friends? Well, at SAME SAME, you will find games you can should borrow to play! Solo visitor? No problem. Just take a look at our library. Reading a book or a magazine while traveling, without having to drag the weight… Again, at SAME SAME.
We also have out very own coworking space where you can work comfortably and in silence.
- Vegetarian and Vegan dishes
- Fresh, local ingredients
- Comfortable seating
- Quality tunes all day
One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.
