to Gili Trawangen

Hi
We left Bangkok on 1st may and flew to Bali. There we took a flight on a propeller plane to Lombok.
We stayed 1 night there in Sengiggi - nice hotels - awful town!

We took a taxi to the harbour in Bensal. There you are supposed to be able to catch a public ferry to the Gili Isles for 70pence but its a kind of scam as you have to wait for 20 people which apart from first thing in the morning never happens. So we chartered a boat with a japanese couple for about 3 pounds each person.

We are staying on Gili Trawangen - the largest of the 3 islands. It has themost night life and dive centres. the others are more dessert island feel.

We are staying and diving with Manta Divers. The rooms are gorgeous and we are finally splashing out on a nice room for 25 dollars a night. It has a stunning outdoor bathroom.

Diver centre is great - its not one of the major dive schools over here.So far we have done 6 dives and have seen white tip reef sharks and black tip. lots of turtles and frogfish too. Fish life is plenty but the corals are in a bad state - there are beaches here made purely of dead coral.

Diving has now become a bit currenty so we are doing drift dives - not so easy on the photography but good fun.

Hoping to stay here a little longer and then return to Bali and dive, shop and rest before coming home.

Congratulations to Steve and Rach who are getting married today.

Its nearly Nan's birthday so im looking forward to seeing you then Nan.

Karen - how was your holiday?

lots of love
anna and chris