dirk came back from one of the many perth trips in august & september and we decided to get away for a long weekend to indonesia. i got an idea from a friend at work that these islands off the coast of lombok, indonesia were amazing and a great place for scuba diving. so i booked our trip which included 2 nights in bali and 2 nights in gili air. you can look here for more information on the islands : http://www.gili-paradise.com.
we stayed on gili air which is the smallest of the three gili islands. it was known for being the quiet island with a more laid back atmosphere... boy were they right on the laid back part. we could barely get food within a 2 hour time span. but it was so nice not having tv, internet, moblie phones (they didn't work on the island and it was great for dirk). there weren't even any cars, just horses to get around.
we managed to dive both days that we were there, getting in 5 dives total. we saw so many turtles and up so close. one turtle was sleeping the while we swam around him in aw. the dives were really great and the snorkeling was even better. we literally walked out the front door to our bungalow and to the beach to snorkel. the reef was amazing all around the island, turtles and fish everywhere!
lombok is the island next to bali and is known for its trekking. you can see the moutains in the distance from gili air. next long weekend will include lombok, we got some great recommdations from some people and its just as cheap as phuket, thailand!
the water was amazing! i loved all the colors.
so this is a random picture, out of place, but i am too lazy to correct it. this was one of the days we were in bali on it's famous beach in kuta. kuta beach is known for the surfing and when we were there some sort of surfing competition was going on so all the hotels were fully booked. i am really glad we planned ahead and got a hotel room.
ok... back to gili air! dirk & tina enjoying the water and probably waiting for food.
oh the water... just gorgeous!
so many colors!!
our bunglaow: included open air shower, haven't seen one of those since our honeymoon in costa rica!
Bali, Indonesia
back to bali in 2009... still not that impressed with bali. maybe we aren't going to the right places. it is great for shopping and indonesian massages... they are the best massages we have had in all of asia.
while we were in the gili islands bali had an earthquake. it was one morning really early and the sun was not up yet. i felt the whole bungalow moving but when i went to wake dirk up he proceeded to tell me it was just the monkeys on the roof. i thought for a moment... then decided that if it was an earthquake and there was a wave... we would die anyway because the island is too small and flat to even get to high ground. monekys on the roof... i just love my husband sometimes. needless to say we just went back to sleep. found out that it was a 6 on the richter scale and bali had some major damage.
back to bali in 2009... still not that impressed with bali. maybe we aren't going to the right places. it is great for shopping and indonesian massages... they are the best massages we have had in all of asia.
while we were in the gili islands bali had an earthquake. it was one morning really early and the sun was not up yet. i felt the whole bungalow moving but when i went to wake dirk up he proceeded to tell me it was just the monkeys on the roof. i thought for a moment... then decided that if it was an earthquake and there was a wave... we would die anyway because the island is too small and flat to even get to high ground. monekys on the roof... i just love my husband sometimes. needless to say we just went back to sleep. found out that it was a 6 on the richter scale and bali had some major damage.
all the surfers in the morning waiting for the perfect wave!
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