[Lombok] - Gili Air (길리 아이르)

Finally, we reached Gili Air for a short rest and to fill up our tummies after 45 minutes snorkeled at Gili Trawangan and Gili Meno.

My hubby was relieved the moment our boat docked at Gili Air beach.

We quickly found a cafe to have our lunch and drink.

 Ordered Hot Ginger Tea (Rp. 14,000.00) for hubby 

and Cold Lemon Mint Tea (Rp. 23,000).

 

 Our package supposed to include lunch and snack. 

But they only provided us with 2 boxes of kue-kue. I gave one box to the boatman, as my hubby had no appetite. I just forced him to eat some to prevent bloating and stomach wind.

We're sitting inside the bamboo loft, hiding ourselves 

because the sun was burning hot at 3pm.

Chillax before going around the island~!!!

Sunbathing on the beach.


Ok, not much time left. Now let's take a look this island.

 

We took Cidomo (horse cart) to go around for 30 minutes - Rp. 150,000. 

Cidomo is the only vehicle allowed in Gili Trawangan and Gili Air but it's quite expensive.  

 

Or you can rent bicycle too... that thick tire bicycle looks cool~!

  

Novotel Lombok only charged Rp. 30,000  for 30 minutes.


Faster come and join us for the ride~!

Indonesian children's song: Naik delman istimewa ku duduk di depan (eh belakang tuh).

Tuk Tik Tak Tik Tuk... Tik Tak Tik Tuk! 

(sound of the horseshoes)

You can find a lot of diving centers: 7Seas by PADI, 

Manta Dive, 3WDive, EC Dive, Scalliwag Divers.

Omo! What kind of diving advertisement?!

 

You can find cafes facing the beach stretching along the road...

Mostly these exotic cafes offering drinks, cocktails, coffee, gelato, 

pizza, BBQ, local and Western foods.

Money Changer, Mask & Fin Rental Shop.


 Mural Wall.


 Actually we ended our Cidomo touring in 15 mins,
because the road was closed for wedding party.

But, it's ok because we also felt bad for the horse or being cane, and also it's not really uncomfortable as the road was bumpy and causing my back pain.

 

Good bye horsey, take care and be healthy always!


 Maybe we've the same smell like salted fish too :P

Small speed boats without PVC pipe wings.


Our boat has the 'wings' for better balancing when hitting the big waves.

  

On the boat back to Teluk Nara - Senggigi.

[Lombok] - Gili Meno (길리 메노)

 The boat was anchored when we're nearby Gili Meno (길리 메노)...

 

Shallow water though it's quite far from the beach.

 My hubby was still resting and not joining me for snorkeling.

I only snorkeled for 10 - 15 minutes, because I felt bad leaving my hubby alone on the boat. The second reason was because the boatman joined me to snorkel. Well, I'm a good swimmer so I don't need anyone to hold my hand or touch my body.  So fed up that I prompted him not to hold me or restricted my movements as I wanted to take photos. But, he still did so, therefore I decided to stop snorkeling and told him that I wanted to see how's my hubby doing.

To summarize, for your safety, it's better to travel with family or group especially for ladies. It's not like Bali where nobody will really care or stare at you if you're in bikini. 

Worse than Gili Trawangan, I didn't see fish in Gili Meno, but Colony of coral reefs...

 Massive  Massive coral reefs - Acropora formosa and Astreopora Expansa. 

The combination of staghorn Acropora formosa and Astreopora Expansa 

look like plates of rose petals and thorns, don't they?

Predominantly, Astreopora Expansa has brown, greenish and some in combination with pink, rose or violet colors.

  Rainforests of the sea.

Corals are made of colonies of tiny animals called polyps, which each polyp contains lots of tiny algae. They gain their color from these symbiotic algae, so without them, they appear white.

Coral reef are most commonly found at shallow depths in tropical waters forming the most diverse ecosystems on Earth. They occupy less than 0.1% of the world's ocean surface, yet they provide a home for at least 25% of all marine species.