We apologise for the delay on the blog updates ! So to summarise the last few days in Gili here it goes ....

Day 4
We spent most of our fourth day in Gili on the beach, reading and relaxing. We also hired some snorkelling masks and ventured out over the coral to explore. We were very lucky and got up close to 2 large turtles and followed it for about 10 minutes. The climb out of the sea was difficult with many bumps and scratches. We had a lovely Italian meal in the evening overlooking the sea. By this point we were starting to get bored of the mie goreng and nasi goreng (national dishes - fried noodles / rice )

Day 5
We spent the majority of the day also on the beach. We were both rather tired .. Probably too much relaxing.. And fell asleep quite a few times in the sun, which resulted in slightly red skin! We both finished our books, and took a few dips in the sea. In the evening we wondered over to the other side of the island just in time to watch the beautiful sunset over Lombok. We went back to freshen up before to 'suma suma bar' which had live music from a band.

Day 6
The majority of our final day in Gili was spent trying to avoid vomiting on our lovely snorkelling trip. It was a rather bumpy ride! The first 2 stop offs were a bit disappointing, as we couldn't see all of that much. We stopped over at another Gili island - Gili air for some lunch before heading back towards Gili trawangan. We had one final stop off en route, and contemplated staying on the boat as we felt so ill - but thankfully we forced ourselves! It was like another world and saw some amazing coral and multicoloured fish! A great way to end our visit to the Gili Islands. We finished off our stay with a massage in a hut overlooking the sea in preparation for the big climb the next day.