Gili T - Swing hopping

Today we explored further a field on the island with our 'top of the range' bicycles. We exolored the western sidd of the island which was much quieter than where we had been staying with a bit of added luxury too. Tom's pedal started to come away, but thankfully with the kindness of a local it was fixed in no time.

We spent a bit of time sunbathing at a hotel pool bar where we could make use of their pool also. We went on a swing search as I had read the western side was full of sea swings, but the search did not live up to my research, although we did fine one sea swing, where a little fish kept having a nibble at our ankles!

We made our way back to the hostel to go on a sunset walk with Chandra, which Rachel and Aron had recommended. We were joined with the other guests who were also from the UK, along with bumping into guests from another hostel along the way.

We walked to the highest point on the island and were greeted with views of the nearby island and mountains including Mt. Batur. We continued the walk to the sunset point, and made our way down before it was too dark. We had beers on the beach with Chandra and a few others, including a guy whose brother lives in Sowerby Bridge! Chandra also informed us this bar was the best place for magic mushrooms, but nobody tried this out.

We watched the colourful sky and headed back to the hostel with a shortcut. I had a lie down as I had a headache whilst Tom enjoyed a chat with the hostel owner where he found out abit about his life, the pandemic, and how he gets high off nutmeg!

We popped out for some dinner and a quick stop at the night market.Read more