Last Gili of the lot...
Trip Start
Feb 01, 2009
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Trip End
Jun 12, 2009
Gili Meno,
West Nusa Tenggara,
Indonesia
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Sunset
Leaving Cath by the port I head off up coast to find digs (standard procedure I didn't just leave her!) and about an hour later come across Good Heart Bungalows. It is right out the way, on a secluded beach with a thatched bungalow raised by a (dangerous) staircase with a bathroom underneath. Including breaky for Rp100,000 per night it's another steal.
Taking some time out
Horse Riding
I spot a horse-cart next to the place and decide to pop back, grab Cath and the bags on the local transport (no vehicles and very few people!) and save ourselves the sweating in the midday sun. It was a half hour walk to be fair on soft sand.
View from Meno
View of Volcano
Hmm...highlights here were beach action really. We did some amazing snorkelling spotting two decent hawksbill turtles and even swam with one out to sea until he grabbed his air right in front of us and dived into the darkness. It was a good 300m off the beach to a decent shelf and the diving was only about 8m, so with 20m+ visibility it was near perfect. Excellent fun. Cath was stoked swimming along with the turtle so it made our day. She'd never been so up close and personal with them. We also spotted a stripy scuba diver and a group of Japanese tourists snapping away under water, fully clothed. Nutters.
Leaving Meno
Sunset
One minor irritation here was the cockerel that lived, apparently, in our bathroom underneath my bed. It went ape every hour from 10pm. 3 assassination attempts were both in vein, so the iPod took a pounding.
For some reason this giant bug flew into me and hung on for a bit. Gross.
Cricket Attack
Cricket
Cricket
Where I stayed
Good Heart Bungalows
