The Old City

mellbao. Ampenan was the original old port in Lombok during Dutch colonial times and some of the old architecture is still visible around the town, particularly toward the beach to the west.  this area becomes a market at night, filled with warung and kaki lima (food carts) for cheaps, tasty food and local flavour.  with its numerous shops, cheaps hotels, dusty roads and plentiful cidomo (horse carts), gold and pearl shops, and its Arab quarter, china town, Ampenan is an colourful town to explore