Monthly Archives: June 2009

Today we parted with the Gili Isles. They were fun. And I’d definitely return. We boated over to Bengsal, the northern port town of Lombok. However, we needed to connect with a bus some unknown distance ahead. We guessed it … Continue reading →

Jameelah felt sick and rested most of the day. I ventured to the middle of the island to ask a doctor for medicine. I saw some children and asked them, “mana obat?” (where is medicine) “Di sana!” (over there) I … Continue reading →

We hopped over to Gili Air today. It happened that the first person to approach us off the boat had the best-valued lodging, but we didn’t know it yet. Ani showed us his room available. It was good. And we … Continue reading →

We took the island hopper to Gili T. I pre-ordered two vegetable smoothies from a mini-mart. We asked around for a few snorkeling businesses. And we found one that was well-priced and could take us now. We snorkeled in the … Continue reading →

We checked out and took the island hopper to Gili Meno this morning. The island hopper is a 20-seater boat. The islands are about a 1/2 mile (1km) apart, although the dock is on the far side (east). So it … Continue reading →