Myself and two beautiful ladies are enjoying the paradise that is the Gili islands. There is a small cluster of islands near the island of Lombok in Indonesia called the Gili's. We settled on Gili Trawangan and have loved every minute of it. Everyone you talk to says they planned to come for a few days and then get stuck here. We were like ya ya but its true, the relaxing beach atmosphere is hard to resist. The island is small enough to bike around in about an hour or walk in 2-3 (not that us ladies would know from experience cause we have been quite lazy haha). The island has no roads but has horsedrawn, what I will call tuk tuks. It's just a small carriage pulled by a small horse.
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If I close my eyes I can hear the soft ripple of the ocean waves as the sun beats down and warms my skin. In the distance the Muslim call to prayer sings out 5 times a day (majority of the Indonesian islands follow the Muslim faith). Then there is a clown-like horn and the soft jingles from the horses making their trips up and down the island streets. The streets are lined with restaurants and beach side loungers where us ladies spend majority of our days. As us ladies walk down the street we come to realize our conversations are not our own as the locals like to chime in with their 2 cents. They also like riddles or make up small sayings around here. For example "see around like a dough nut" haha
But honestly what is there not to like here- friendly locals, GREAT food for cheap, sunshine and beaches and all the fun you want. It's been quite the trip. The locals who take care of our bungalows are so friendly and have been great. I love staying in one place for an extended period because people get to know you and you them, you become friends:) Us ladies are rather popular at our bungalows. I wonder why-3 beautiful ladies on a beach vacation.
We have also found and fell in love with the food night market where we will probably eat for the rest of our trip because its delicious, it's cheap and you get a tonne of food. The smells that waft from this place are beyond delicious from the roasted corn on the cob, the various grilled meat satays and the BUCKETS of sauce (Miss jenny is in heavan- sauce makes her life domplete). These food carts fill this square with huge trays of food and you just point at what you want, they load it on your plate then tell you the price based on what you order. Great system haha you can even order a full fish and they will fry it over charcoals right there when you order. Doesn't get much fresher than that.
They even have a dessert table where everything is 5,000rupiah - so 50 cents a piece, so dangerous!! Then there's the Gili Gelato, apparently made fresh on the island everyday. Mmmmmm is this stuff amazing! Ill have to compare it to Italian gelato but I don't see how it can get much better.
This place has been beyond relaxing and it's been just the right ending to my Asian adventure and exactly what I had envisioned. I would recommend this oasis to anyone looking for some R&R. The end is near as I am set to depart for the European lag of my adventure in only a few days time.
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