Gili: Gili Meno, Air, Trawangan (by the sea)

The Gili Islands (not Gilly) are three islands off the west coast of Lombok in Indonesia, here. They're well known as paradise islands, each with its own slightly different atmosphere. We stayed on Gili Meno, since it's the most laid back and relaxed of the three places, and we're coming to the end of our honeymoon now (sniff, sniff), so we fancied one last crack at desert island relaxation.

We had some success at this venture: Gili Meno is very relaxing. Aside, that is, from us having to duck and dive to avoid a couple we saw in the jungle at Bukit Lawang so as not to have the embarrassing "how are you? yes we're fine? what have you been up to?" conversation (why didn't we just have the conversation and be done with it? especially when it turned out that the couple in question were in fact (as predicted by Katie when we first saw them on the beach) staying in the bungalow next door? Meaning we had to sneak around several times when we saw them). In fact it was so relaxing that there's not really much to say about it. We saw some lovely sunsets. We did some pleasant snorkelling. We did some sunbathing and lots of reading.

We also visited the other Gilis: Trawangan and Air. Trawangan is the "party island", and the busiest of the three. We were there very briefly before heading off to Meno (on the way in) or Bali (on the way out). It's full of touts, hassle, and bad tattoos. It's probably great if you're looking for a party (maybe not during Ramadan, mind you (or Ramadhan as it's spelled here)). Gili Air we went to for a day trip. It's a bit more developed than Gili Meno but still pretty laid back. To ring the changes, while there we spent the day sunbathing and reading.

Sorry this has been a bit dull. We're off to Singapore soon, flying there with Air Asia. Who knows, something may go wrong and I might get to write another poem...