Blogs from Gilli Trawangan, Lombok, Indonesia, Asia - page 21

hi guys, a very quick update about what's going on, i know i haven't writen anything for a long time but things are so great here, i haven't got a minute. i'm in Bali and was supposed to come back on the 12th but decided to stay longer, so will be back in london on the 22nd of june instead. got so many things to tell you, there was this german guy, lovely beaches and magic mushrooms. the last one was a really horrible experience for me, you'll never believe it. anyway, i'll try to write soon, need to finish to tell you about australia and fiji and also my friend celine being here in bali, lots of people will remember the 2 french girls who did mayhem!!! see you very soon and allez la france. ... read more

The trip to Gili involved a 17 minute flight and terrible harassment from the locals in Lombok... Steph, Sally and I were glad to get over to Gili (by ferry) where everyone is way more laid back... The islands -- there are three; Gili Trawangan, Gili Meno and Gili Air -- are quiet during the day and a divers haven. At night Trawangan would turn into a party beach... each night a different nightclub along the beach would have a "party" which would involve loud music and dancing often until the sun came up. The accommodation on Gili is varied, but since the girls had convinced me to "rough it" a bit, we stayed in little huts for about $10 a night. For the first two nights we shared a little hut -- it was ... read more

Until I run the London Marathon. It all started today when I went on my first run since knee surgery back in December. I was laying in my bed with the overhead fan churning away without too much success. I have not really pushed my knee since surgery for a number of reasons including laziness, being constantly on holiday and too busy eating ice creams. It felt awesome. I was so happy that my knee felt good. I took about a 5 km run around the island. By the way, Ryan and I are on the most amazing little island in the middle of nowhere. It's incredible. The run was all along the coast, past white beaches and coconut trees; past farmers herding their cows and having to occasionally dodge the odd goat in the road. ... read more

Heeeeerlijk uitrusten op de Gili's (zonder dieselwalmen en knetterende knalpotten, wel zielige paardjes-met-wagen). Inger heeft vandaag alweer 1 boek uit gelezen (ze houdt wel van water maar dan tot onder de knie;) en ik heb gesnorkeld: met 3 schildpadden meegezwommen, een black-tip-reefshark of zoiets vlak langs me heen gehad (ik schrok ervan en mompelde in mijn snorkelmondstuk "K*T", maar dat hielp niet), super veel vissen gezien in de prachtigste kleuren. Morgen lezen, glass bottom boat, duiken, brandingsurfen, zonsondergang kijken, en natuurlijk de hele dag uitbundig feesten omdat anneke alweeeeer een jaar ouder is geworden!!!!! Authentieke bungalow met prachtig tuintje, kakkerlakken die op je hand lopen en een gecko van Varaan-formaat en........de benauwdse slaapkamer van het eiland:( Tot later!... read more

Anyway, feeling a bit down in the dumps I decided to do the thing I have grown to really enjoy- Scuba Diving!!! I went to another island in Indonesia called Lombok. It takes 12 hours to get there by bus, ferry and local transport (horse and cart!!) to these little group of islands called Gilli's. I went on the largest island to a place called Manta Dive. There is no motorised vehicles here- hence the use of horse and cart!!!! I did my advanced scuba course and something called a Nitrox course. The advanced involved a Naturalist dive where I had to learn the fish names (not in latin thank god!!) and identify them, a navigation dive where I learnt to use a compass and guided my instructor underwater, a deep dive which took me to ... read more