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Our first stop in Indonesia was the famous surfing beach of Kuta in Bali. We couldn't believe the size of the waves. James and Stuart were keen to get in the water and so hired a couple of body boards. After enjoying the waves and the beach we decided to try out some of the other watersports that Bali had to offer. We went white water rafting down a 14km long river, where we had to duck under bridges made from bamboo and raft down a 4 metre high dam! It was so much fun and it was great to see more of the rural Bali and the beautiful rice terraces.
Our next stop was the island of Lombok, the ferry journey took over 5 hours and was a very interesting journey. Here we stayed in Senggigi, which was far less touristy than Kuta. We decided to hire a car and Stuart, bravely, volunteered to drive. Let's just say traffic lights and the normal rules of the road don't apply there. It gave us so much freedom to explore the beautiful unspoilt coastline and deserted beaches of the northern coast. The local people of Lombok were very friendly and took a particular liking to Stuart asking to have there photo taken with him. It was very amusing.
We then took the short boat trip over to Gili Trawangan, a tiny paradise island only 3km long and 2km wide with pure white sand and crystal clear water. The snorkelling around this island was absolutely amazing and we didn't have to venture far from shore to see beautiful brightly coloured fish and a turtle only a metre away from us! This was one of our favourite places that we visited so far, we only wish we could have stayed longer!
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