... scheduled an afternoon dive with the same dive master, Herman. We grabbed lunch, discovered the joy of the hammocks at the dive shop
(MantaDive- GREAT!!) and rested up. The afternoon dive was Manta Point. There was better coral and colors. We saw 2 ...
... bar were tasty, but almost booze free. We bought Corrado (he is one of the extremely helpful and friendly dive masters at MantaDive) a drink. Alison finally called it after yet another bad drink at Rudy's.
Travelers note: Avoid the local spirits, ...
... tourist operator Kate and I were in and understandably poor mood, and were quite short with each other whilst sailing across to GiliTrawangan. Even more so because we had originally intended to go to Gili Air, but had accepted passage to Trawangan ...
... skinny dipping in some random guys hotel swimming pool). She was off to Oz and I was heading to the Gili Islands for more diving. I signed up to MantaDive. Not having ever dived in strong currents before drift diving was going to be a new thing for me. ...
... on GiliTrawangan. Lisa was sick and I was nurse (and dive master). On to Bali!
Sean heading out to the dive site. GiliTrawangan, Lombok
Is that Nemo? Clown fish hide out in a sea anenome. GiliTrawangan, Lombok
Tips for travelers - ...
We had been due to arrive at GiliTrawangan at approximately 5pm. It was now after 7, which is about par for the course with any transport in Indonesia. We wandered up the main street, looking for places to stay.
First of all, we checked out Warna ...
... take them home. Or maybe they were just jealous that it was only Tim that was getting kisses from them :-)
We moved in MantaDive bungalows for our last few days, the bungalows are very luxurious, but perhaps were not appreciated as much ...
... the place. It was deliciously cold when we went inside and offered a much-welcomed respite from the unrelenting heat and humidity of GiliTrawangan. The downside of the places, Lumbung Cottages, was that they were set WAY off the main road. In order to ...
... I sat out (in another bar with less scary waiters) and had a drink and just enjoyed being there).
The other thing to tell about GiliTrawangan was the people we met there. Apart from out cockney waiter who's name we didn't get we met Edi and Gandhi. ...
... 6am to go the Gili islands. We got taken to Padang bay first by bus (1.5hrs) and then got the fast boat across to GiliTrawangan (1.5hrs). The fast boat is expensive but the slow boat can take anything from 4-8 hours depending on a number of things! One ...