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Travel Blogs from Gili Air
Reeling in Reality
Last night I did something I never imagined myself doing: I went spear-gun fishing. To some it might sound like nothing outrageous, but there is an ocean-full of reasons why I personally would have never considered such a thing.
For starters it was night, and it was the sea, and I have always harboured an inexplicable fear of bodies of …
Lost in Paradise
Gili Air, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia: This is my address for the next few weeks. In a sense it is as though I have come home; in another sense, it is as though I never left. And in yet another way - and this is the part that's taking the most getting used to - it's like Ive never been here before.
It should come as no surprise …
Our first dive and a night at the races (kind of!)
I can sum up today in one simple word.... awesome!! We did our first open water dive, had an awesome night with a great feed and a few drinks, and the Turkish F1 playing live on the TV at 8pm (a nice change from the usual late Sunday nights in oz!).
We made our way to the dive shop at about 8:30am after an awesome breakfast and a wake up …
Trick or Treat; Indonesian style
... our Halloween morning making travel plans, we spent the afternoon enjoying a spectacular beach, just a 15 minute walk from our villa. Packing tonight and than trick or treating before hitting the sac early to be ready for our 5:30 am start ...