We left for our journey to Gili Trawangan, a small island off of Bali, early on Wednesday morning. After getting to where the boat left we hopped on board a fast boat over to the island. On the way we decided to sit out on top to get a breeze and of course some more sun rays. Being on the boat and going past all of these little islands reminded us of our time in Fiji, the sea wasn't quite as blue and the beaches not as white but it was still lovely. Gili T as its...

Being picked up by our shuttle bus we were slightly relieved to see a half normal looking bus, we were thinking that it could be one of the trucks we have seen people in the back of! Our journey was fine though up to Ubud and driving through Bali we saw so much, lots more bikes, cars, school children walking on the side of the busy roads and lots of stalls lining the streets selling things. We were dropped off and found our room at Nick's homestay, which was nice...

After a 6 hour flight of no food or entertainment provided we landed safely in Denpasar, Bali! Walking off of the plane we were hit by the familiar feeling of heat but a totally different atmosphere. Just being in the airport we already felt like we had left the Western world behind us in Sydney. The airport was very serious with signs up saying things like "If you bring drugs to Bali you will get the death penalty!" Anyway after a long queue for passport control...