Gili-Gili Time..

Lombok, Monday January 18th 2010

Our destinations at this beautiful day were Gili Trawangan, Gili Air, and Gili Meno that lay in the north side of Lombok Island. What would we do there were snorkeling, swimming, biking rounding the Gili Trawangan, seeing sea turtle conservation, and of course hunting Bule. Hehehe....

*Gili means small island/isle

We departed from the inn at around 7:30 AM and arrived at the Bangsal Port 20 minutes later. While waiting the coming of the economic boat, we were offered to rent a one full day boat with rat of 600 KIDR that would serve us to go to the three Gilis. Without any excessive thinking, we took that offer.

*Based on the information we has gained, the first departure of the general economic boat with route of Bangsal Port-Gili Trawangan is around 8 Am. But it will depend on the number of passenger. Usually the general economic boat will start to set sail if its capacity is fulfilled (around 15-20 passenger). Its normal fee is 10 KIDR/person.

First, we went to Gili Air (the nearest Gili from Bangsal Port). We only needed 20 minutes to reach it. There, each of us spent 80 KIDR to rent snorkeling equipments (snorkel set, glide mask, diving shoes, and life vest -only for the girls). We were there for about 2 hours. Snorkeling at the beach of Gili Air gave us an unique experience. The view of the see was so great. The coral reefs and the fishes were so beautiful. It seemed like we were watching Finding Nemo in live version. WOW... It was so awesome!!!

Then we continued our trip to Gili Meno. There we swimmed and let the (small) wave hit us smoothly. After exhausting of swimming, some of us opened our own lunch boxs.

In the middle of day, we reached Gili Trawangan. Unfortunately, the sea near the beach was not in good condition. The water was a little bit muddy. So that some of us spent the time by biking rounding the Gili; some spent the time by visiting sea turtles conservation.

We start to sail back to the Bangsal Port at 3 PM. At that time, the rain gradually became swifter.

Our joyness was stained by an annoying incident. After arriving at Bangsal Port, the boat owner asked us to pay more fee (100 KIDR) without any reasonable reason. PUCK!!! What such a bastard guy he was!!!

OK! Finally, we finally decided to try having a positive thinking of this annoying incident. We thought that he (the boat owner) might have an urgent need of money or whatever...

Pfffhhh...

We were totally exhausted and got our skin burned this day.

I LOVED THIS DAY...