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Became Foreigner and Happy-homeless-man @ Gili Trawangan!

The boat for inter-island transportation

Gili Trawangan, Lombok, the first impression i got about this island is “Wow, am i in Indonesia?”. Almost all of the people here isn’t Indonesian. I think numbers of foreign visitors here are more than domestic visitors plus local citizen. That’s why when i arrived here, i felt like “i am the foreigner”.

Gili Trawangan is the largest island compared to other two Gili Islands (Gili Meno & Gili Air). Based on information in here, Gili Islands were uninhabited about 30 years ago but then adventurous backpackers discovered and developed it into a hippy party paradise destination. By regular boat from northwest main island of Lombok, it takes about 30 minutes to reach Gili Trawangan. Actually, it took me 35 minutes to reach there. hahaa..

No Cars! No Motorbikes! No worries!

That’s the jargon of Gili Islands. The available island transportation in Gili Islands are Andong (carriage), horse, or bicycle. But walking is so fun in here, so we don’t need any motorized transportation in this island.

We arrived here at noon, and then we walked toward sunset direction. While walking to the sunset view spot, we realized that we didn’t have enough water to drink. There is no natural source of clean water in Trawangan, and there’s no doubt that we have to buy it. Well of course it cost more to buy in here then in the main island, but still we’re walking and think about it later, hehe… and then i saw an empty cottage and looks like abandoned by its owner. I saw a bottle of mineral water on the desk and then i straightly went there to examine it. The water in the bottle is not full so i assumed it’s not clean anymore, just a worse case that it’s not a mineral water .

I was so thirsty, i can’t help but try to taste those mineral water. After i tasted it, and it taste like water, i took a gulp. Not just those bottle of water, i also examined the whole cottage and then i ended up with a big box of machine. There’s a padlock in it, but it’s not locked and so the machine’s off. I opened it with a little force, and then i knew that those box is a cooling machine. And guess what’s inside those box? The box is full of beers, cans of coke, and bottles of mineral water. Well i don’t drink alcohol so i just took mineral water and coke, but my friends was so happy at that time because of those beers. haaa… “Beers! Cheers! Free!”, I don’t know whose own those box, but i feel guilty about finding it. And then we waited for sunset in a hut.

After watching Gili’s beautiful sunset, we’re wandering around to find a place for setting up camp. When we asked the island security about camp site, it was still far away from where we were. So, we asked a permission to spend the night in the hut beside their office. And permission’s granted! Yeah.

I woke up that morning just a moment before the sun’s rising. I was just glad at that time, because the spot we spent the night was just perfect for sunrise view. Then, it’s time to take a picture!

Gili's sunrise! Wake up guys!

We spent all those day to take a walk, watching turtles hatchery, and snorkling. The water is clear and the sand is so powdery white. We were skin diving and viewing the underwater life. The colorful fish and coral reefs were so amazing! After skin diving, I made a miniature of Mt Rinjani with those white sand, instead of castle, .

Here’s the picture i got: