The nearly two hour boat trip back to Bali was pretty rough. Myself, Becci and Beth all felt sea sick for the whole journey. Chris very rarely feels sea sick but we both ended up sleeping for most of the journey. Once back at Padang Bai, we found our way onto a minibus which would take us as far as Kuta. There was a lot of faffing around with trying to squeeze too many people versus seats, as well as a surfboard! It basically wasn't going to happen, so one co...

From Gili T, Amelia, plus my two sisters and I were able to catch a local boat to Gili Air. Although called a ‘local boat’ we couldn’t actually see one local on it, in other words it was rammed full of backpackers!Gili Air is renowned for being a much more laid back place than its big brother ‘party’ island (Gili T). So after our not so wild time on Gili T, we were looking forward to having an even more chilled out time on Gili Air.W...

Knowing that alcohol and in particular spirits would be expensive in Bali, we had already planned to purchase some alcohol at duty free in KK. Chris and I picked up a bottle of vodka and rum, and Beth also bought a bottle of vodka. We double checked with the cashier that we could take 1 litre of alcohol each into Bali, and she continued to inform us that we were entitled to 2 litres each! Sensibly, we just grabbed one more bottle of vodka as we hoped that would b...