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On the 4th July we travelled to gilli T!! It was only 30 min boat ride from lombok! We checked into the gilli t resort, Chris' choice as they as advertised showing all worldcup matches!! ;) so it was up at 4am to watch the match!!
The next day Chris started the padi diving course with Trawangan Dive, well we both started it but claustrophobia came back and hit me with a bang so completely panicked in the pool :( it didn't help that the instructor was the manager and appeared to be doing it for too long as he was quite impatient, but anyway it wasn't for me this time round!! There are a lovely group doing the diving course including a crazy oz couple, nz brother and sister and English guy! Chris passed the course easily and we all celebrated with the group over dinner and parting late at the silent disco at Tir na Og!! Missing out on the diving course wasn't all bad as I got some much desired sunbathing in, cycled around the island, learned how to paddle board and even paddled over to Gilli Meno with my very keen Indonesian instructor!! Also tried snorkeling which was amazing saw some very colourful fish but this was short lived as got a nasty cut on my knee from the coral!!!
Our accommodation for four nights was also beautiful in 'the genius', a big bungalow with ensuite!!:) we stayed five nights altogether on gilli t, one extra than intended as we knew could watch the world cup easily so again got up in the middle of the night to watch Germany hammer brazil in specular fashion!! The amazing sunrise made getting up so early all the more worthwhile! It was most definitely the reddest sunrise I have seen!!
Overall, absolutely loved gilli T , gorgeous western food so killed my cravings for salads, wraps and I lasagne!! On our last evening we watched the sunset on far side of island, it was a bright evening so we had specular views!!
On the 9th we took the ferry to Bali, thought we were clever taking the fast ferry, as we both don't like boats...wrong choice, scariest journey of my life, had to stop myself from screaming as the waves went over the boat and we rocked from side to side! Chris was lucky not to have a bruised arm afterward!! ;) we decided just to relax and stay in one place for our last three nights so checked into the horison hotel in seminyak Very impressive for the money we paid!! :) it was a lovely three days of sunbathing, exploring seminyak, shopping (bargains for Chris and torture for me to resist temptation ;) ) again the food was great everywhere!! Each evening we stayed on the beach for sunset, sat on a beanbag in one of the many bars and sipped on cocktails as the sun went down!! Bliss :) each bar had live music that started when the sun set! So there was always a good atmosphere on the beach until late!!
We flew back to Singapore on the 12th!! Mary was arriving on the same day as Chris was leaving so excellent timing!!
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