Getting to Gilli T
I don't believe I mentioned that our transport from Gilli Air to Gilli T was on public - not tourist - boat, so we got to travel with the locals bringing in all the supplies from island to island. Needless to say, there was no one counting the number of life jackets on board, or reading out any safety instructions. And everyone became pretty quiet and moved none at all once the boat got going, but fortunately it was a relatively calm sea and easy journey. I doubt that this is the boat for the ticket we actually purchased from the agent back wherever, but this is Asia, and this is adventure travel, and this is yet another reason why we love it here. Expect the unexpected.
Returning to Paradise on the Gilli Islands, Lombok
March 13th 2014 We fell in love with the Gilli Islands when we were first introduced to the largest of the three islands, Gilli Trawangan, last year, in May 2013, so it was always in our plans to return to the islands in our 2014 Adventure. This time, however, we decided to acquaint ourselves with another of the islands, Gilli Air. It is the second largest of the three, and the second liveliest as well, Gilli T b
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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 
