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Center Gili Trawangan, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
I didn't think for one second that anything could be worse than the bus - ferry - bus journey from Java to Bali, well the bus - ferry - bus - boat journey from Bali to the Gili Islands did it's best to rival it! We left our hotel in Bali at 6am and were told we'd be on the Gili Islands at 2pm, we got to the ferry port at 7:30am to take the 4 hour ferry to Lombok but conveniently the guy who was running the tour buses also had a restaurant there and also conveniently the ferry wasn't leaving t...
Gili Trawangan, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia staffyandlyddyThe route to the Gili islands is long and dangerous. We've read stories on the net of people traveling through the port of Bangsal and being harassed, soaked in seawater, pinched, punched and spat on, probably because of the downturn in Lombok tourism due to the bombs. And so, through gritted teeth we took the slightly more expensive travel option, with Perama tours (they were excellent, highly recommended). Our first stop was Gili Air, billed as the middle of the road option, not too loud, n...
Gili Trawangan, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia stephen.j.booth... species here on the islands - Green, Loggerhead, Hawksbill and two others that he only knows the name of in Indonesian (which I can't remember, let alone spell). They collect the eggs when they are laid and look after them in an enclosure until they hatch. Then they keep the turtles in safety until they are around a year old. Then some big official from Jakarta comes over and they release them out to sea. Cool :) The next release ...
Gili Trawangan, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia varney... the lady from the boat waiting for us, so I approached her. She was very polite and asked if I would like to see her place, so I agreed. We started walking off the main track and through the local village where most houses were built out of wicker and used paraffin lamps for light. She kept saying ’I hope you like my house’ and ’we have fresh water’ … ’I hope you think it is nice, because I like it’. Now I was worrying ...
Gili Trawangan, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia kateandlindsay... Bali islands, in that sense. Basically it’s a kind of recorded singing or chanting that is broadcast loudly throughout the island several times a day to remind the locals that it’s time to pray. I was close enough to hear it, but far enough away that it wasn’t too bad. I obviously got used to it pretty quickly because I slept through it most mornings. <br><br>On the last night I decided to climb the hill which gives you view of ...
Gili Trawangan, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia lisa_nz... nieadekwatne pieniadze. Taka typowa scena w miejscu, gdzie jest duzo turystow.<br>Po dotarciu do sasiedniego Pemenang sciaga nas glosem pan wykrzykujacy nazwe firmy, u ktorej wczoraj kupilismy bilety. Po krotkiej kurtuazji i pytaniu o przelot z Mataram do Denpasar juz jest dyskusja na temat sprzedazy biletu i standardowe haslo ze u mnie najtaniej i w Senggigi drogo. Panu sie niewiele udaje, na odchodne z poczatkowej ceny 600tys zjezdza do 400tys.<br>Z Pemenang do Senggigi ...
Senggigi, Indonesia yaco... magic to the drink description. I soon realized that they were the hallucinagenic mushrooms that I have heard about. I felt really bad for the couple now. I had an idea but didn't say anything since I wasn't sure. I still wonder how they fared over the next few hours. I got a swim in. The beach was much better here. Still crystal clear warm water but a much more sandy bottom. I cleaned up as best as I could and met ...
Gili Trawangan, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia donmiller... cost - 4 euro), myself and guys parted - there was a party on somewhere but neither them or I were up for it and I just sat at the bar again - intending on a quiet one or two. Pesky scandinavians!!! Along came another couple who just did made the ever so easy greeting - "Where are you from?". They were from Sweden and we ended up chatting over several G&Ts for a couple of hours. These guys - Kenneth and Cecilia - were extremely nice and Kenneth ...
Gili Trawangan, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia codownsean... by Rudy's every night to make it home, I rarely made it past without stopping for a drink. Tonight was a quiet night & we just sat around talking. On the corner of the bar were three older guys, who I found out were from Vancouver. So we chatted it up, & found out the one guy, Ty, had been here 15 years ago. He said aside from many, many more bars & restaurants, the island hadn't changed much. The next day was a typical beach day. At night, I met up ...
Gili Trawangan, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia wally09... of our lives down the Monkey Forest road to the Perama bus station at half 6 in the morning. Perama bus to Padangbai in eastern Bali where we chilled for a while before catching our boat to Gili T. Relaxing 4 hour journey, joined by dolphins for a short while. Hit Gili T. just as the sun was setting ...
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