In Reply to: Stupid question posted by wickedwitch on Friday, 5. November 2004 at 20:49 Bali Time:
Hi,
Not a stupid question at all.
There are three islands of the top of North West Lombok call Gili Air Gili Meno and Gili Trawangan.
There are many ways to get there, however, the Bounty is a fast boat that takes only a couple of hours via Nusa Lembongan, rather than the slow way being the ferry from Padang Bai (Bali) to Lembar (Lombok) then a bus ride to Bangsal, then a small boat across to the Gili Islands (Gilis) This way takes appox 12 hours.
I have been before and wanted to take my daughter last year, however, they stopped the fast boat from November to March due to lack of tourism and we didn't really want to go the slow way as we have done the ferry before across to Lombok.
I like these islands very much, just to get away and chill out for 3-4 days. Then back to the thick of it again in Kuta.
Regards,
Dave