During Ramadan, hotels and resorts are open for business, restaurants serve meals all day, bars are open and still serve alcohol – and planes, ferries, fast-boats and taxis are all operating as usual!
Idul Fitri (or Eid al-Fitr) – known as Lebaran in Indonesia – is the most important holiday of the year, as the whole nation celebrates the end of the fasting month.
When travellers make the boat crossing between Bali and Lombok, they probably don’t realise they are not only crossing one of the deepest bodies of water in the world, but also crossing a transitional zone between Asia and Australia.