Gili Air and Lombok

On the 4th April we left the party island of Gili Trawangan and got the shuttle to Gili Air, which is totally different. It was much quieter and there were more locals that tourists. This was the bungalow that we stayed in for 4 nights:

My cold cleared up and we got to do 5 dives. We saw loads of turtles, some sharks and lots of fish. Unfortunately the reef around the island has had so much damage, some natural and some man-made i.e dynamite fishing, but there was still lots of marine life.

The locals play beach volley ball each afternoon and Nic had a go at playing too. It was lovely to hang out with the friendly locals.

This is our great Dive Master. We also got to help with a clean up dive in front of the the dive centre to collect some of the rubbish that ends up in the sea from Lombok.

We got the shuttle back to Lombok and spent the night in Bangsal. We'd both come down with tummy troubles so we just had a rest day.

We went and sat at the cross roads and watched the world go by and took some photos:

Jiggy Jiggy Massage?

This is the smallest kitten I've ever seen. It's only other surviving sibling was twice as big.

This huge Gecko was on the wall in the homestay:

The following day we organised a bus to take us to Senaru as we still had our tummy problems. We were upset about not cycling but it was still a lot of fun.

This is the petrol station that we stopped at:

We had 2 nights in Senaru but didn't do any walking due to tummy problems and rain. We did see this wild monkey though and we had great views from our homestay:

We eventually got back on the bikes and cycled to Labu Pandan. The ride was tough as it was very hot and we had lots of crazily steep river crossings and a couple of long climbs. Also because I'd not eaten for days I felt very weak and I had to keep stopping to refuel myself with the fab Indonesian energy drink called Picari Sweat. The scenery however was fantastic - coastal views, green fields and big mountains. The locals were so friendly and whenever we stopped people came out of the woodwork to smile at us and stare. The following day we cycled a short distance to Labuhan Lombok to get the ferry over to Sumbawa.