Day 74 - Gili TrawanganAs i wake up i decide to put yesterdays antics behind me, take a deep breath and smile ... ah thats better.We head for our continental breakfast and it's off to the beach (its a hard life still) and then for a dip in the rock pools. Mid afternoon the clouds started to form and we thought then would be a good time to grab some late lunch. We hit the cash point on the way back which was now working and treated ourselves to some grub.On the w...

Day 73 - Gili Meno/Gili Trawangan7:30am and i'm woken by a cock-a-doodle-do ... again ... it's becoming a habit. As i'm awake i decide to get sorted for the joruney ahead back to Gili T, We've enjoyed Gili Meno it's been a bit of a shock to the system just how quiet this place actualy is, theres only about 8-9 hotels and 4-5 places to eat also the prayers at 4AM were REALLY loud but this was Ramadan week so can't really complain.Anyways we head to the harbour and...

Day 72 - Gili MenoThe morning after for all the locals and it looks like the celebrations took there toll. The restauraunt only has 2 people working in it (1 taking orders and serving the other the chef) and the entire island have again turned up for food much the same carnage as last night people waiting for about 30mins to order and another 45 to get food. All the westerners get very stressed and don't understand that people from places like this don't rush and...

Day 71 - Gili MenoWell it turns out the barman from Lombok is a better barman than a weatherman, we are awoken by the sound of torrential rain!I jump out of bed and open the door and it looks just like Manchester Lashings of rain and lots of wind, we have our 1st tropical storm.Not to let this put a dampner on things we head to the cafe by the sea as theres a big wooden cover over it and get some brekky and a couple of strong Lombok coffees.Everybody around the ...

Day 70 - Gili MenoA better nights sleep last night so we're straight out of bed and heading for breakfast, it's a bit hotter today (The weather is so warm here!) Rhona decides she wants to stay out of the sun today so i head to the beach for a couple hours and leave her with her to chill for a while. Its so hot people are running across the beach as the sand is scorching. Soon as i throw my stuff down i jump in the sea (such a refreshing feeling!) Then go to toas...