Gili Trawangan pier

Gili Trawangan - Are You Twins??!!

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January 11th 2009
OK, so we were going to the Gili Islands where there are no cars or motorbikes and it takes an hour to go round the whole place! For those who'd never heard of them: they are three tiny islands just off the coast of Lombok (another island just south of Bali). The three Gilis are: Gili Trawangan, Meno and Air. Trawangan has a reputation of being the party island, which is not quite true. It certai ... read more

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The Dutch began to colonize Indonesia in the early 17th century; the islands were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. Indonesia declared its independence after Japan's surrender, but it required four years of intermittent negotiations, recurring hos... ... read more