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Christmas has come and gone and of course we have now seen the New Year in....2006 it is!
We managed to travel to Medan to get our flight to KL and then to Bali to renew out visa.
We stayed in the Bali Mirage hotel which was nice.
Bali itself looks lovely but very quiet at the moment due to the last bombings...which seems to of reduced the number of tourists visitng.
We got a flight from Bali to Lombok which took 30 minutes and then got a taxi to the pier to take us to Gili Meno where we could then look forward to spending xmas in a nice remote island doing nothing.
The boat ride was interesting whilst the local guy was getting water out of the boat during the rough journey over to the island.
Once we arrived we then walked to find our hut which was to be our home for the next week...however we walked through the small piece of forest and were instantly attached by loads of mozzys which was just too much to cope with.
I think at this point I had over 20 bites within a few minutes...so thanks Mum and Dad your xmas present helped as we decided to change accommodation and choose a really nice villa which made a lovely change.
Gili Meno is very quiet and only takes 1 hour to walk round. You can see that the lack of tourism has effected Indonesia as half the hotels are closed down and ferries no longer travel direcct to the islands.
We did enjoy our break and did some snorkelling whilst on the island..which was lovely.
After Gili Meno we then went to Lombok and stayed in Sengiggi ...which is where we are now. We have a lovely hotel which is only small and has lovely gardens. We decided to re-do our diving course here...which I can confirm we have now completed and passed.
Tomorrow we take a 3 days trip to Flores where we visit some islands and do some snorkelling, and of course see the Komodo dragon and will do a dive in Flores as this will be our first time as qualified divers to go and explore the underworld without having to do exercises etc...so looking forward to that.
During our four open water dives we have seen reef sharks, turtles, puffer fish, sting rays, nemo...which is sooo cute under water....and lots of other fish which I can't remember their names so won't add...but will at a later date!
We then stay in Flores for a couple of days and then fly to Bali on the 10th and then fly to OZ on the 14th Jan...so the SE Asia part of this trip is pretty much over.
Have to say 4 months in SE Asia is plenty and looking forward to a change.
Both of us have really enjoyed Lombok as its a lovely island and has loads to offer for any holiday/visit.
Would come back...so who knows may do one day.
Anyway thats all from me hope you all had a great xmas and new year and will prop update the site once back in Bali
Take care
Pea and Carrot
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