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HELLO THIS WEEK WE HAVE TRAVELLED OVER TO LOMBOK AND THE GILLI ISLANDS WE MANANAGED TO ENDURE A SIX HOUR BOAT CROSSING THAT WAS VERY ROUGH WE WERE BOTH NEARLY SICK WE TRAVELLED FROM THE BOAT HARBOUR TO SENGIGGI. WE STAYED IN A LOVELY ROOM OPPOSITE THE OCEAN AND BEACH. WE EXPLORED THE LITTLE TOWN AND WALKED ALONG THE BEACH BEFORE WE FINALLY MADE A DECISION ABOUT WHICH GILLI ISLAND WE WANTED TO GO TOO. WE DECIDED ON THE 2ND SMALLEST OF THE 3 CALLED GILLI AIR!!! WE GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING AND TOOK A SMALLER BOAT TO THE ISLANDS DROPPING PEOPLE AT THE OTHER 2 BEFORE EVENTUALLY REACHING OUR OWN WE PULLED UP TO A SECLUDED BEACH. WE GOT OUT OF THE BOAT AND WALKED AROUND THE BEACH IN THE DIRECTION WE SAW PONY CARTS COMING FROM. THIS IS ALL THE TRAFFIC YOU GET ON THESE ISLANDS IT WAS BRILL. WE FOUND OUR VERY OWN ACCOMMDATION WHERE WE HAD A SHOWER OUTSIDE AND WE HAD TO SLEEP IN A MOZZIE NET! WE WENT TO THE BEACH TO GO SNORKELLING BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE WERE NOT A LOT OF FISH. WE DECIDED TO GO ON A SNORKELLING TOUR THAT GURANTEED THAT WE WOULD SEE TURTLES. WE SLEPT IN OUR ROOM THAT NIGHT MUCH TO OUR SURPRISE THERE WAS A BIG KERDUNK WE SWITCHED ON THE LIGHT TO FIND THE BIGGEST GEKKHO IN OUR BEDROOM IT SCARED KAT TO DEATH! NATURALLY STEVEN TOOK THE MANS JOB OF TRYING TO GET IT TO GO OUT TO THE ROOM AND THANKFULLY MR GEKKHO FOLLOWED THE PROCUEDURE. WE FOUND OUT LATER THAT THE NOISE THAT THESE THINGS MAKE WE HAD BEEN HEARING THROUGHOUT ASIA WAS NATIVE TO THERE NAME. THEY MAKE THE NOISE GEKKO HENSE THE NAME, ANYWAY THE NEXT MORNING AFTER WE HAD BEEN AWAKENED BY COCKRELS AT 6 WE WENT ON THIS SNORKELLING TOUR AND WE SAW LOADS OF CORAL, FISH, WATER SNAKES, AND OF COURSE TURTLES WAS AMAZING. UNFORTUNATELY NO PICTURES BECAUSE WE WERE BOTH WET FOR MOST OF THE DAY. WE LEFT THE ISLAND THE FOLLOWING DAY AND TRAVELLED TO UBUD BACK ON THE MAINLAND OF BALI THE LOMBOK CROSSING NOT ROUGH THIS TIME HURRAH. WE WENT TO THE MONKEY FOREST TEMPLES WHICH AS IT'S NAME SUGGESTS IS FULL OF WILD MONKEYS THAT GET VERY ANNOYED IF YOU DO NOT FEED THEM BANANAS. WE OF COURSE FED THEM AND SAW THEM STEAL A FLANNEL OFF OF A CHINESE WOMAN WAS HILARIOUS. WE THEN FOUND A MARKET THAT HAD SO MUCH STUFF IN IT WOODEN MONKEYS, SARONGS, DRUMS, MASKS ETC.WE WENT BACK THE NEXT DAY AND BARTERED OURWAY AROUND PICKING UP LOADS OF NICE BARGAINS IT WAS VERY FUN COMING UP WITH ELABORATE STORIES AND GETTING THE PRICES WE WANTED IF ONLY IN ENGLAND YOU COULD DO IT!! AFTER TWO DAYS IN UBUD IT IS BACK TO KUTA FOR A WELL EARNED REST BEFORE WE HIT CHINA!!! LOVE TO YOU ALL KATY AND STEVENXXX
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