Snorkelling

The Gorgeous Gilli's

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January 18th 2009
A bit of a stressful beginning to our trip to the Gilli's as having booked our tickets we arrived at the Perama office (I will name and shame!) to be told we couldn't go via the slow ferry we had booked yesterday! Basically we were told that the Perama boat was now fixed and we could go in the afternoon on their boat for an extra 100,000 rupiah each - I explained politely (to start )that we wante ... read more

Asia » Indonesia » Lombok » Gilli Trawangan

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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