We were up early for the boat back to Gili Trawangan and took the little island hopper back across, but frankly we may as well have swam! The water was extremely choppy and we all got drenched with each wave to hit the boat, it didn't help that we'd been told that one of the boats had sunk the previous day and all the passengers had to be rescued! We arrived back in Gili T and headed back to our hotel, we arrived to a very surprised hotel owner who asked how we ...

We got on the boat to hop over to Gili Meno this morning and had the usual response when handing over a ticket, a look of confusion, followed by two trips to the ticket office. It amazes me how the they always look at these tickets like they've never seen them before, there is only about 5 travel agents on the island it cant be the first time they've seen one of these tickets! Mind you Tuk Tuk drivers are the same, despite most of the places we havw travelled to ...

Flying boats, sinking boats and no boats, it's been an interesting few days on the Gili Islands... After an hour and a half in a minibus from Kuta we arrived at the dock to take us to Gili, it was full of the usual array of sellers trying to flog sarongs, sunglasses, etc. However, i really must give credit to one guy who was walking around in 30 degree heat with a huge boomber jacket on trying to sell old coins. His selling tactic essentially involved walking up...

Arrived in Bali on Thursday and headed to Kuta, for a couple of days before heading to some of the more idyllic spots. Our hotel was AMAZING. For £33 i was expecting a basic hotel but it was a little boutique hotel hidden down some side roads. We had our own little bungalow with veranda and outside bathroom (with full bathroom suite, see pic!). There was a lovely garden with pool area, bar and poolside spa area, heaven! We had our welcome drink and lunch in ...