Gili Air; Paradise Lost

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May 25th 2011

Published: June 1st 2011

We had the entire boat to ourselves. Well, that's not exactly true. There was also the crew of twelve and the amorous Berlin couple who had cloistered themselves above deck but other than that we had the entire Perama 100-passenger schooner to ourselves. Remarkable. We were on our way back to Gili Air. Our personal Shangri-La which we had stumbled upon in the Fall of 2008. Our vacation d... Read Full Entry

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Mike Richards

Mike and Karen

We are Mike and Karen. We were fortunate enough to retire while we still had our wits and our legs. We are striving to fill our days with long journeys and lazy days. Over the past few years we have taken a yen to SE Asia. Our past trips have included South and North America, Europe and East Africa. Life is good and getting better all the time.... full info

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Saying Goodbye

Our morning of departure. Waiting for the 11 AM fast boat which didn't arrive until 12:30 PM.

Mike with the Resota's Owner

Nice guy with excellent commands of English and banana pancake production.

Movie Day

One day we booked a restaurant's DVD player and spent the afternoon watching 'Tombstone' and 'Ronin'. You can only snorkel so much.

Signs of the Past

I found this old sign tacked to a post. It hasn't been meaningful for more than a year.

Venus Rising

Zuby and Reuben

Reuben manages the Zip Bar. Zuby got to know him extremely well.

Quiet Time

Sunrise on the beach.

1st June 2011

Jane Goodbrad
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Gili Air and the changes a year can make
Hi Mike and Karen, It's sad what tourism can do to a beautiful place. Soon the buck and pound will fill the world, you think? So Sad to see beauty spoiled by greed, but there isn't anyway that I can think of to keep those hidden places open to explorers and closed to ones with ulterior motives! See you soon, Jane

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