Bored after 2 days of chilling I am doing my Advanced Divers certificate. Must have ants in my pants or something!! The diving here isn't as good as Sipidan in Borneo but it's very cheap and worth doing...I should at least be able to navigate under water and dive to deeper depths on my future trips. Still meeting lots of people, the latest are Mal and Debbie from Perth who are very funny and love a beer like all Aussies I've ever met :) They are on hols and I t...

I arrived on Gili Trawangan a couple of days ago and have slipped into island life without too much trouble. The weather has really improved and my master plan of finishing with 2 weeks on the beach is coming together! Cars and mopeds are not permitted on Gili T, the transport is by bicycle £2 per day to hire or by horse and cart. The island is tiny though so I'm mostly walking (from the beach to the restaurant and back again :) I stayed first few nights in a ...