A bus ride, and short boat ride later we had landed on Gili T. It was much smaller than Sengigi but had more of a party atmoshere about it. In the boiling heat we started checking out places to stay, we were looking for somewhere decent as we wanted to send about 10 days on the island. After 5 days of 'roughing' it we were going to splash out and actually spend over 5 pounds on a room!
After much sweating and haggling we found what we were looking for at Snapper Bungalows, which happended to be behind a fish 'n' chips shop! The room was new, huge and had air con and a DVD player - much needed distraction when the bad weather kicked in - we also had access to the Beach House Pool, which happened to be one of the nicest pools on the island and a yummy breakfast each day. All this for only 10 pounds a night!!!!
We spent the next ten days lazing by the pool, going for sunset walks, watching botleg DVDs (we got through 16, the weather was pretty bad!) and eating!
I was loving all the rice dishes, which was handy as that is the cheapest thing to eat in Indonesia, other than noodles, but after about 7 days of pure Indonesia food I started getting cravings for Western food and that's when I found the best sandwich i'd eaten in 8 months, the 'Triple Decker" - basically a club sandwich - which was so good Tim and I went back again and again to 'The Living Room" to sample it!
It's amazing how quickly time flies when you are doing nothing, before we knew it we were back on a boat and heading for Kuta, Bali...
View of Gili Air from Gili T
There are no cars on Gili T so the only way to get about is on foot, by bicycle or in one of the above
Gili T has loads of deserted white sand beaches
The pool we had access to each day
Little garden just outside our room
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