Off to the Gili Islands! We were collected from our lovely bungalow on the beach and went to the 'harbour', an area of beach with a few motor boats we had to wade to. It took about an hour to get to Gili T where a few people got off the boat before we went on to Gili Air. The well-known Gilis are three islands, Gili T which is known to be more of a party island, Gili Air, which has a little less party and a little more relaxing and Gili Meno, which is very quiet. There are no cars allowed on the island so people get around using small horse and carts. Each horse and cart has bells on it so everytime one went past I was reminded of Father Christmas on his sleigh. We were again lucky and found some lovely accomodation on the beach. After our first swim we sat in a restaurant to have some lunch and got chatting to two Aussies, a Brit and a German, who we ended up hanging out with for the majority of the time. During lunch on our first day, we noticed some big, dark clouds rolling in and soon enough a big storm was under way and of course, we had to go swimming.
We rented some snorkels and the next day we went with the Brit, Nancy and the German, Lisa, on a snorkelling trip. We were dropped off at reefs around the three islands and saw THREE sea turtles (which I am still super excited about!), a couple of sea snakes and tons of fantastic fish and coral. The sea turtles were amazing! we followed one that was swimming around for ages and they are just so graceful. Unfortunately my lunch did not agree well with me so I ended up being sick for the next few days. Pretty annoying but I managed to get some more snorkelling in before we left. A friend of Christian's was also on the island so we met him for a few evenings and also invited our bungalow neighbour from the Netherlands along and chatted late into the night.
Christian brought his guitar with him so I am getting pretty good at learning how to play. Need to keep practicing though! Gili Air was very relaxing but after a time we felt ready to leave, so our next stop was Senaru on Lombok.
Sorry about the lack of pictures! Indonesian wifi is sadly not up to uploading photos!
We rented some snorkels and the next day we went with the Brit, Nancy and the German, Lisa, on a snorkelling trip. We were dropped off at reefs around the three islands and saw THREE sea turtles (which I am still super excited about!), a couple of sea snakes and tons of fantastic fish and coral. The sea turtles were amazing! we followed one that was swimming around for ages and they are just so graceful. Unfortunately my lunch did not agree well with me so I ended up being sick for the next few days. Pretty annoying but I managed to get some more snorkelling in before we left. A friend of Christian's was also on the island so we met him for a few evenings and also invited our bungalow neighbour from the Netherlands along and chatted late into the night.
Christian brought his guitar with him so I am getting pretty good at learning how to play. Need to keep practicing though! Gili Air was very relaxing but after a time we felt ready to leave, so our next stop was Senaru on Lombok.
Sorry about the lack of pictures! Indonesian wifi is sadly not up to uploading photos!
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