Day 145
This lazy island life is too addictive. We wake up with a plan to do Gili T today but lounge in bed too long to catch the boat so got for another day here. Breakfast is banana pancakes with lime and honey and after nomming this, we spend the morning sunbathing and taking in our views of the gorgeous Rinjani volcano that's just in front of us.
We do want to get a little more done today so we head off to book our tickets to Ubud, 300,000 each which is a nice bartered down saving, and then we wander round to the top of the island to get a shot of Julian on a cool sign and then it's time to lounge on the beach again which, as the sea is calmer today, actually has sand :D
My tummy rumbles so we go grab an utterly delicious lunch of raw tuna and wasabi for me and tuna burger with rocket and wasabi mayo for Ben, so so scrumptious. I've cautiously tasted the green fire before but today I'm a bit cocky and manage to make my lip swell, whoops.
We both feel that we've hit our sun peak so go back and shower, then hiding our sun burnt noses from the sun. Good job we did as something we are hasn't agreed with us both and we have Cambodian tummies for the rest of the afternoon :( Seems to have calmed down by the evening so we head out to sample the delights of road (sand track) side corn on the cob and it's amazing.
Day 146
We finally get out bums into gear and we are off to Gili T, woohoo! It's the same boat that takes us to Meno, you just stay on it and it goes on to T. Ben's mood is like thunder today but he can't work out why so it's a bit of an awkward start. It's also strange being somewhere so busy after our quiet little lives on Air and Meno. T is the biggest of the islands and most populated with people and there's so much going on (in the sleepiest way possible).
We walk up to the first snorkel beach and get a drink, but instead of staying here we both don't really fancy a snorkel after my nibble incident of last time so decide to walk around the island to see what we can find. Ben cheers up now and even more so as we find Koftas for lunch something he's been craving since Vietnam, we also wash it down with a jug of Sangrea so as you can image the afternoon kept on getting better :D
Every picture we had seen of Gili T seemed to be of a swing that's out in the sea so our next hunt after our boozing lunch is to find that, we want around heading east passing some really cool beach clubs, our favourite be La Pirate who's rooms where all like beach huts, painted blue and white. It's not long after that we spot the swing. Ben gets some snaps of me...
...then of us together, which is funny as its not really big enough...
...then he pushes me and I scream...
...and I push him, much fun...
...after this we head back, grab some more corn and get the boat back to our lovely Air. With tired feet and sun burnt noses, we have dinner in tonight and I have a scrummy Olah-Olah which is a coconut curry, yum.
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