In Reply to: How about the Gili islands? posted by Romantic Hippy on Friday, 2. December 2005 at 06:57 Bali Time:
Gilis are still beautiful - the central strip on Trawangan is quite busy - well relatively, quite a lot of restaurants and homestays/guest houses - but the other side of the island is very peaceful, as are Meno and Air. Many bungalows of varying standards in very picturesque settings right by the beach. There are lots of flights to Lombok every day from Bali and if you left in the morning, you took a taxi to Bangsal and a boat straight across to the island you want to visit, you would be there by lunch time. I love Bali, but don't think you would find anything like the Gilis in Bali. The fact that there are no cars on the Gilis makes so much difference to how laid back the atmosphere is. Good luck!