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Diving and drinking piscolas in Gili
Published: March 18th 2013Asia » Indonesia » Lombok » Gilli Trawangan
March 13th 2013
From Ubud, I had planned to go to Lombok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lombok), an island just to the east of Bali and so I booked a shuttle bus and boat to get there, for 250.000 IDR (I booked it with Ketut, the woman who ran the hostel I was staying in). It took about 1 hour to get to the small harbour in Sanur, get the ticket and then 1 hour ride on the fast boat (a ferry takes about 5 hours, but it's cheaper). The boat stopped in all 3 Gili Islands (Trawangan, Meno and Air) and then stopped in Lombok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gili_Islands). In Lombok, I was the only person disembarking and then had to negotiate a taxi to get to Senggigi, a popular beach in Lombok and where I thought I had the best chance to book other ... read more
Gili Trawangan (02.09.12 - 05.09.12)
Published: September 17th 2012Asia » Indonesia » Lombok » Gilli Trawangan
September 17th 2012
Next up was Gili Trawangan, this is a very small island off the coast of Lombok, Gili literally means Small Island, but this collection of 3 islands tends to be known just as the Gili’s. Gili T is the biggest and has a reputation for being the most party island of the three. The island is only tiny, about 3km by 2km, all perfect white sand and coral reefs and no cars, sounds dreadful! Getting to Gili T involved the most expensive boat yet! About 40 quid each and it was a bit of a minefield. These boats have varying safety records, some do sink and the Lombok straight is a rough and dangerous bit of water, so we splashed the cash for the most reputable we could find. This paid off though as we had ... read more
Gilli Trawangan, das letzte Paradies?
Published: August 27th 2012Asia » Indonesia » Lombok » Gilli Trawangan
August 27th 2012
03.12.2011 bis 06.12.2011 Samstag bis Dienstag, Lombok Wir müssen zeitig raus. Um sieben Uhr Morgens werden wir von einem Van vom Hotel abgeholt und zum Fährhafen gebracht von wo aus uns eine Fähre in etwa fünf Stunden nach Lombok bringen soll. Alles verläuft ungewohnt reibungslos. Am Hafen können wir die Wartezeit mit den anderen Touristen in einem kleinen Café verbringen wo sich schnell herum spricht, das jeder beim Buchen des Trips übers Ohr gehauen wurde. Ein Pärchen aus England, mit denen wir die meiste Zeit auf dem Schiff verbringen, hat pro Person mehr bezahlt als wir beide zusammen. Aber das soll der Stimmung keinen Abbruch tun. Die Sonne scheint. Der Fahrtwind ist angenehm kühl und es gibt viel Platz auf der komfortablen Fähre. Sogar eine Art Liegewiese mit Kissen und Decken ist vorhanden. Gelassen schauen wir ... read more
August 9th 2012
Day One We arrived on Gili T around 11:00am which meant we had most of the day to find out what this place is really about! Guess what... there are NO motorized vehicles. Just bikes and cidomo's. A cidomo is a horse drawn carriage and I don't think they are any better than motorcycles, they honk their horns but if you don't jump out of the way fast enough, you WILL get trampled. First thing we did was settle in at Rumah Hantu, a cute place we found. Tyler was sold as soon as he saw the hammock hanging in front of our room and heard eggs were included in the complementary breakfast. Then it was straight to the beach!! By that time it was midday so the beach was packed with people. We found a ... read more
August 6th 2012
It's been just over a full month since we got to Indonesia and there are a couple of milestones that should be acknowledged. Tyler has been travelling for about 32 days and has not had a single injury! Yay Tyler! This is definitely the longest either of us has been travelling. Every day going forward will be a new record for us and if our trip goes as planned we will have been away from home for over 240 days. (sorry for the reminder Mom, I love you – only like 200 more days until I book my flight home!) I cannot believe how much we have learned and accomplished already. We have climbed active volcanoes (as in more than one), partially learned a different language, witnessed once-in-a-lifetime sunrises and sunsets, walked on ancient bricks that ... read more
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The best of island living in the Gili Islands!
Published: July 23rd 2012Asia » Indonesia » Lombok » Gilli Trawangan
July 22nd 2012
On the morning of January 31st, myself and Aoife took a "fast boat" Bali to Gili Trawangan, the largest of the three 'Gili Islands'. The trip was around an hour and a half and we were glad to reach land after a fairly ropey boat ride. The driver was a lunatic and was flying through the massive waves. There was a good few people getting sea sick. I had to look away or I would have been sick just looking at them. Safety is not their strong point in Indonesia and there are many boating accidents. The Gili islands was definitely our most anticipated place to visit, the pictures we had seen and the stories we had read before going there set our expectations high for an idyllic paradise. There are three islands, Gili T, Gili ... read more
SCUBA Update: Padang Bai, Tulamben, and Gili Trawangan
Published: July 20th 2012Asia » Indonesia » Lombok » Gilli Trawangan
July 19th 2012
We've now been out of East Timor for about a week now, and we really haven't done much but eat delicious seafood and go diving. Once we got to the Denspasar Airport in Bali, we took a taxi straight to Padang Bai, a port town on the Eastern Coast of Bali that is known for it's diving and is the main hub for travelers going to the Gili Islands (our next destination). When we got there, we found a bungalow, set up our dive accommodations, ate a delicious combination of fried calamari, BBQ prawns, and BBQ fish, and called it an early night. These 3 creatures have become our dietary staples now, because the seafood in this part of the world is insanely fresh, and we've been craving this kind of food since our time in ... read more
June 11th 2012
GILI ISLANDS There are 3 islands which are just off Lombok, next to Bali. Gili T is the busy party island - Gili Meno is peaceful paradise - Gili Air is the perfect balance of both. These islands are peaceful and beautiful - why even go to Bali? Not many OZ or Kiwi visit, mainly Europeans. Getting There: The easiest way is get a boat from Sanur which includes collection from your Hotel in Bali to Gilies, it takes a couple of hours at a cost of NZ$170 each return. You can hop between islands for NZ$3.50 for a 15 minute boat ride. Attractions: Diving, snorkelling, glass bottom boat, its all about the beautiful clear water and the tropical sea bed. Snorkel hire NZ$4 per day. All islands have a sandy track/road you can walk around ... read more
May 15th 2012
Good Morning boys and girls. Today we will be talking about Gili Trawangan. Where we left off last time, Nepal, feels like an eternity and a half ago. I actually got quite a lot of feedback from the EBC blog and I hope I can inspire a few of my loyal readers to visit Gili Trawangan, or just Gili for short. After eventually leaving Kathmandu (the flight was delayed for about 4 hours) I changed flights in Delhi, fully aware that my flight hadnt left yet. The airport customs quickly shuffled us through a motza of waiting queues only to leave us in another large customs queue. Now practically all of the people in this queue were trying to catch connecting flights that were also waiting for them, so more than a few arguments started as ... read more
May 12th 2012
2nd Stop Gili Trawangan (Gili T) May 8th-12th Quick intro to Gili T thanks to Wikipedia " Measuring 3 km long and 2 km wide, it has a population of around 700. Of the Gilis, Trawangan has the most tourist facilities; the pub Tîr na Nôg claims that Trawangan is the smallest island in the world with an Irish pub. On Gili Trawangan (as well as the other two Gilis), there are no motorized vehicles not even real roads,only soft sandy paths. The main means of transportation are bicycles (rented by locals to tourists) and cidomo (a small horsedrawn carriage). For traveling to and from each of the Gilis, locals usually use motorized boats and speedboats. The economy of Gili Trawangan centres on tourism, as the island is too small to support any broad scale agriculture, ... read more
