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- Jul 23, 2023
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- IndonesiaGili Trawangan8°21’25” S 116°1’52” E
10. Gilli T
July 23, 2023 in Indonesia ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
We met our taxi driver from day before at 0630 to get to Padang Bai ferry port . Our ferry wasn't until 0930 , but the journey can be unpredictable depending on traffic .... we ended up arriving 2 hours early , but better than 2 hours late !
The ferry port was so busy , people everywhere with no order to it at all . Once we grabbed our tickets and paid the island tax we went and sat at a local warung for some breakfast . The two hours flew by and we were soon boarding our little speed boat to Gili T .
The journey was about two hours long and the harbour at Gili T was also packed full of people. We pushed our way through and managed to get a horse and carriage to our little beach bungalow further up the island.
There are no motor vehicles on the island , so transport is literally biking or horse riding . The island is so small anyway, you couldn't justify having a car !
We loved our ten min horse and carriage ride , the rider was very chatty and funny . He explained that we had the biggest and strongest stalion on the island - therefore he named the horse Toyota . James and I were literally in hysterics.
We soon arrived at our little bungalow resort , our bungalow was more like an elevated hut with the toilet and shower on ground level . It was basic but so cute and cosy.
Once settled in , we went and sat by the beach for a good while . The sea bed is all coral and the water is very shallow , so we paddled about rather than swam. It was beautiful but again totally overcrowded with Instagram obsessed tourists . We found it very funny watching people pose vainly for the camera for that "perfect shot" 🤣.
There were lots of people riding horses along the beach in front of the sunset . One thing we do love about Bali are the sunsets - just stunning .
Gili T is famous for partying and magic shrooms , there was a Dutch man next to us that kept staring at rocks (and photographing them) and saying "what the ****" , turns out he was as high as a kite on shrooms 🤣.
We had some food at a local restaurant and we were shocked at how expensive the food is over here . We knew it would be more pricey than the mainland but wasn't expecting it to be by so much !Read more
Traveler Grace you look like the next Bond girl in that shot on the beach ! xxx
JGM TRAVELS 2023 😂😂😂 You're so funny xxx